Which provision of the original Constitution

allows Congress to enact legislation that adapts to

changing circumstances?

(1) due process

(2) elastic clause

(3) electoral college

(4) Three-fifths Compromise

Base your answer to question 6 on the passage

below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Article 6. There shall be neither slavery nor

involuntary servitude in the said territory,

otherwise than in the punishment of crimes

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted:

Provided, always, that any person escaping into

the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully

claimed in any one of the original states, such

fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed

to the person claiming his or her labor or service

as aforesaid ...

- Northwest Ordinance, 1787

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Abbie Farmer

24 April, 05:37

Which provision of the original Constitution

allows Congress to enact legislation that adapts to

changing circumstances?

(1) due process

(2) elastic clause

(3) electoral college

(4) Three-fifths Compromise

Base your answer to question 6 on the passage

below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Article 6. There shall be neither slavery nor

involuntary servitude in the said territory,

otherwise than in the punishment of crimes

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted:

Provided, always, that any person escaping into

the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully

claimed in any one of the original states, such

fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed

to the person claiming his or her labor or service

as aforesaid ...

- Northwest Ordinance, 1787

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Devyn Steele · Answer 1

It is the "Elastic Clause" that allows Congress to enact legislation that adapts to

changing circumstances, since the Founding Fathers of the United States knew that the future would require the Constitution to adapt to new realities all the time in order to stay relevant.