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In the U.S. Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3: . Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and ...
The Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed by James Wilson in 1787 in order to gain Southern support for the new framework of government by guaranteeing that the South would be strongly represented in the House of Representatives. [5] Naturally, it was more popular in the South than in the North. [6]
It has been claimed by a wide variety of people[8] that the Three-Fifths Compromise relegated all African-Americans to second-class status, counting them as only three-fifths of a person, but an examination of the text of the provision makes it clear that this is not the case: "Persons" "other" than "free Persons" clearly means slaves.[9] Free ...
The legislatures of three-fourths (presently 38) of the states; or. State ratifying conventions in three-fourths (presently 38) of the states. [4] The decision of which ratification method will be used for any given amendment is Congress' alone to make. [3] Only for the 21st amendment was the latter procedure invoked and followed. Upon being ...
Some countries want to remove the 1.5°C limit on temperature increase as fossil fuel lobbyists water down talks at the UN Climate Conference.
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The word consensus is Latin meaning "agreement, accord", derived from consentire meaning "feel together". [2] A noun, consensus can represent a generally accepted opinion [3] – "general agreement or concord; harmony", "a majority of opinion" [4] – or the outcome of a consensus decision-making process.
Jacob Broom (October 17, 1752 – April 25, 1810) was an American Founding Father, businessman, and politician from Wilmington, Delaware.As a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, he was a signer of the United States Constitution.