US History October Notes

three Fifths Compromise

The ________ stated that a slave accounted as 3 /5 of a person.

New Constitution

The ________ addressed these issues by giving Congress the power to regulate interstate and international commerce, and granting Congress the power to tax the people.

Americans

What were not able to pay for their imported manufactured goods? Answer with a single words or term.

North

Ten times of this number of African Americans joined the British because they had a common enemy, which was the Americans. The ________ released their slaves since it was not critical to their economy.

Northerners

The ________ were required to help enforce the slave system as the price of union.

Judicial Branch

The ________ interprets the Constitution and applies the law.

Executive Branch

The ________, headed by the President, carries out the laws, negotiates treaties, and commands the armed forces.

Compromise

In order to prevent the convention from ending in a stalemate, a(n) ________ between the Virginia and the New Jersey plans, known as the Connecticut Compromise, or the Great Compromise was passed. This ________ made a concession that the Senate would equally represent every state, regardless of size, by allowing two senators per state.

small number of African Americans

A(n) ________ joined the Americans to fight for freedom with their individual freedom promised.