Question

Which of the following issues became an obstacle to the drafting of the United States Constitution?

A,whether to count enslaved people in the North as part of the population
B,how the votes of enslaved people should be counted when electing representatives
C.how to count enslaved people for purposes of state representation
D.whether to free enslaved people from plantations in the South

Answer 1

C.how to count enslaved people for purposes of state representation

Step-by-step explanation:

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted in its original form on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and then ratified by the people at conventions in each state in the name of we the people. The Constitution has a central place in American law and political culture. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest federal constitution that is currently in force in the world.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) How to count enslaved people for purpose of state representation.

During the Constitutional Convention, there were several debates on what issues should be settled in the new Constitution. One of them dealt with slaves. Anti- slave states (especially from the North) did not want slaves to count towards a states population, as this would give Southerners more control of Congress. Southern slave states wanted slaves to count towards the population, even though many of them considered slaves property, so that they had more power than Northern states.

This results in the two sides coming to a compromise. The compromise is known as the 3/5ths Compromise. Essentially, this stated that for every 5 slaves, 3 of them would count towards a states population.