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- The Electoral College
- Guess I'm The President...
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- Compromise on Importation
- Not until 1808!
- The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a chief executive of the United States. Therefore, when delegates decided that a president was necessary, there was a disagreement over how he should be elected to office.The delegates came up with other alternatives, such as going through each state's Senate to elect the president. In the end, the two sides compromised with the creation of the Electoral College, which is made up of electors roughly proportional to population.
- There was a remaining question about how the slaves would be counted for purposes of representationin the House of Representatives. The Three-Fifths-Compromise counted a slave as 3/5 of a person. This was a compromise so that they could not vote, but their numbers would boost the influence of the slave states.
- This describes that congress is not allowed to restrict the slave trade until 1808. Slaves who had successfully escaped would have to be returned to their owners. This was a compromise in temporarily handling slavery, but leaving it unsettled.
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