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

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Alana Richards

19 November, 07:05

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

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Jenna Mayo · Answer 1

I would say D because there where a few southern states that didn't want their slaved to be freed, which caused a debate. They didn't want a civil war so they just kept slavery.

Elisabeth Pope · Answer 2

Option C, is the right answer.

Explanation:

The Southern states of America had a huge number of enslaved people and desired them to be counted in their total people that could lead to a higher number in the House of Representatives. However, during this time, slaves were treated as property and not as humans thus the Southern and the Northern states came to a compromise known as the three-fifths compromise. According to this compromise, the slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person.