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Grade 5
Terms from We the People, Lessons 9 and 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does compromise mean? | each side must be willing to give up something to solve a problem |
| What problem did the Framers have to solve? | representation in the government |
| What is the Great Compromise? | Plan accepted for representation in Congress |
| What are the two parts of Congress? | The Senate and the House of Representatives |
| How many representatives would there be in the Senate? | 2 regardless of the size of the state |
| How was the number determined (decided) for the number of representatives in the House of Representatives? | based on the number of people living in that state |
| How could a law be passed? | a majority in both houses had to vote for it |
| What was the reason that slave labor was important to plantation owners? | crops such as cotton, rice, indigo required a lot of labor |
| What does the word abolish mean? | to put an end to something |
| Why were compromises about slavery important in both the North and the South? | to encourage the Southern states to be part of the new government |
| What was the three - fifths clause? | states in the South could count three-fifths of the slaves for the purpose of representation in Congress, had to pay more direct taxes to count them |
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