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The US Constitution did not solve the problem of slavery, it merely put off the solution. As a compromise, it was agreed that 2/5ths of the total number of male slaves in a state would be added to the total number of free men in that state to determine the "population" of the state for purposes of assigning representation in the US House of Representatives.
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How did sectionalism and the issue of slavery influence the Constitution?
There were many people that opposed slavery. For this reason it was necessary to include a section that banned slavery for the passing of the US Constitution to go through..
What was not an original feature of the US Constitution?
Female suffrage and abolishment of slavery were not original features of the US Constitution.
Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery?
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Why was the Lecompton Constitution considered a sly maneuver?
The Lecompton Constitution included provisions for allowing slavery in Kansas even if the people voted against slavery.
Why did the Framers not abolish slavery when they wote the constitution?
Slavery was economically and culturally entrenched in the southern states in the late eighteenth century. The southern States would not have supported the ratification of the Constitution if it had called for the end of slavery.
