How Were Blacks Accounted for in the Constitution

question 75

Multiple Choice

How were blacks accounted for in the Constitution?

• A) Free blacks were granted citizenship and given the right to vote.
• B) Each state would have two black representatives in the Senate.
• C) Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for tax and representation purposes.
• D) The national government would have the power to abolish the slave trade at any time.
• E) Three-fifths of the slave states would have to end slavery by 1824.

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