Compare and Contrast the UCR and NCVS

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Essay

Compare and contrast the UCR and NCVS.

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Definitions:

Three-Fifths Compromise

A compromise reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that counted three out of every five slaves as a person for the purposes of taxation and representation in Congress.

Slave Trade

The historical trade in humans for the purpose of forced labor, including the Transatlantic slave trade where Africans were transported to the Americas.

Great Compromise

An agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that led to the establishment of a two-chambered Congress to balance representation between large and small states.

Equal Number

A condition of having the same quantity or measure as another.