How Did Slaves Affect the Drafting of the Constitution

question 11

Multiple Choice

How did slaves affect the drafting of the Constitution?

• A) Slavery was prohibited by the original drafting of the Constitution.
• B) Slaves were treated as three-fifths of a person and boosted the South's power in the House.
• C) Slaves were treated as three-fifths of a person and boosted the South's power in the Senate.
• D) Slavery was viewed as a morality point and not discussed during the drafting of the Constitution.

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Definitions:

Disenfranchise Blacks

The systematic denial of voting rights to African Americans, through laws and practices, particularly evident in the post-Civil War and segregation eras.

Poll Tax

A tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual, historically used in the United States to disenfranchise African American citizens and poor whites.

Grandfather Clause

was a legal or constitutional mechanism used to prevent Black Americans from voting by exempting some people from new requirements if their ancestors had voting rights, effectively disenfranchising many African Americans.

Jim Crow Laws

A series of state and local statutes in the Southern United States, enforcing racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans from the late 19th century until the 1960s.