During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

A. choose its own members as well as the nation's chief executive.

B. regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.

C. amend the Constitution of the United States with a majority vote.

D. regulate commerce in the South, but not in the North.

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Jacqueline Phelps

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16 March, 22:51

During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

A. choose its own members as well as the nation's chief executive.

B. regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.

C. amend the Constitution of the United States with a majority vote.

D. regulate commerce in the South, but not in the North.

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Julianne Wolfe · Answer 1

The correct option is B.

The Commerce and Slave Trade compromise was made in the United States of America during the Constitutional Convention, in the year 1787. The compromise protected the slave holders and it denied the congress the power to tax exported goods from any state. The compromise also states that slavery should be kept in place for twenty years.