University:
Missouri State University
Course:
HST 121 | Survey of the History of the United States to 1877
Academic year:

2021
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44

Pages:

32
Author:

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I. Constitutional Convention (1787): Closed (not open to public) meeting between the delegates (representatives) from the 13 states. Meeting took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between May 25th and September 17th, 1787. Delegates planned to amend (change) The Articles of Confederation. Results: Senate (small states): House of Representatives (large states): • 2 Senators per state regardless of population. • Votes/delegates per state based on population. • 100 Senators total (today) • 435 members of the House (today). • **from New Jersey Plan • **from Virginia Plan Problem of how to organize Congress was solved. The Great Compromise satisfied both large & small states. 2. Slavery: Some delegates from northern states wanted to abolish (end) the slave trade and slavery. Many delegates from southern states threatened to leave the union if the slave trade or slavery were abolished in the U.S. Results: The word slavery does not appear in the Constitution. Delegates agreed that; a. The slave trade would not be discussed in Congress until 1808. b. A $10 tax would be placed on the importation of each slave. c. Runaway slaves would be returned to a state of slavery. *Slavery was formally abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment (1865). "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person". "No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due".