note test 2 pt 2 Flashcards
North part of america
AA couldnt vote, serve on juries, testify, lived in segregated ways
Southern states take on slavery
Every time it came up in meetings they threatened to walk out
Const and slavery
Slavery is not mentioned at all in const
John Randolph
Virginia plan
let state vote by proportion of pop.
virginia=largest state
William Paterson
NJ
equal representation
Great Compromise
2 house legislature
Senate and HOR
did not satisfy everybody
July 16
Senate
Equal
HOR
Proportional
3/5th comp
5 blacks= 3 whites for rep and tax
International slave trade
1808 “IST” will be gone
fugitive slaves will be returned
Nat Turner
went on a white killing spree
61 dead
“any person held to work then flees to another state, will be handed up”
James Madison quote
“Great s the evil is, a dimembermant of union would be worse”
Office of Presidency
AH wanted pres. to serve for life
1st idea- serve 6 yrs and thats it
settled w/ 4 years and unlimited amount of reelect
Electoral College
popular and electoral vote
AH idea “people are a great beast”
Sept 17 const
39 men signed
no body satisfied but said it’ll do