One of the major conflicts between northern and southern states in the writing of the new Constitution centered on

Question

Responses

A whom would be allowed to vote.whom would be allowed to vote.

B how best to choose the President.how best to choose the President.

C how to count enslaved people in the census.how to count enslaved people in the census.

D the western boundary of the United States.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C: how to count enslaved people in the census. This issue was a significant point of contention between northern and southern states during the Constitutional Convention, leading to compromises like the Three-Fifths Compromise, which determined that enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.