Which of the following is true? a. Those who created the Constitution compromised by including 3 specific clauses to protect the institution of slavery. b. Constitutional delegates from Virginia sought to protect the international slave trade, and so refused to take part unless such protections were included. c. New Yorkers were the most radical of the revolutionaries, and so threatened to not ratify the Constitution if slavery was protected. d. All of the above.

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Walter Richmond

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13 July, 08:29

Which of the following is true? a. Those who created the Constitution compromised by including 3 specific clauses to protect the institution of slavery. b. Constitutional delegates from Virginia sought to protect the international slave trade, and so refused to take part unless such protections were included. c. New Yorkers were the most radical of the revolutionaries, and so threatened to not ratify the Constitution if slavery was protected. d. All of the above.

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Quinton Berry · Answer 1

Those who created the Constitution compromised by including 3 specific clauses to protect the institution of slavery.

Explanation:

Which of the following is true?

a. Those who created the Constitution compromised by including 3 specific clauses to protect the institution of slavery.

b. Constitutional delegates from Virginia sought to protect the international slave trade, and so refused to take part unless such protections were included.

c. New Yorkers were the most radical of the revolutionaries, and so threatened to not ratify the Constitution if slavery was protected.

d. All of the above.

Those who created the Constitution made a provisions such as Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, commonly known as the Three-Fifths Compromise to protect the institution of slavery, these 3 specific clause detailed how each slave state's enslaved population would be factored into its total population count for the purposes of apportioning seats in the congress (Its effect was to give the Southern states a third more seats in Congress)