Answer:
One helpful statistic we can use is the amount of enslaved people per county, in the year 1860, just a year before the American Civil War.
Explanation:
This statistic can be used as a proxy to determine the counties were cotton had the highest production, because cotton was a cash crop grown in large plantations that were worked by enslaved African Americans.
Several counties had 80% or more slaves as percentage of the total population, meaning that they were overwhelmingly black. The majority of these counties were located in the Mississippi Delta, in the state of the same name, in the Black Belt of Alabama and Georgia, and in southern South Carolina.
The right option is a: Called for equal representation for each state in Congress. This plan, also known as the Small State Plan, was presented by the statesman and signer of the U.S. Constitution William Paterson (1745-1806) at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, in response to the Virginia Plan, which had also been presented at the same Convention. The Virginia Plan proposed that <u>both</u> chambers of Congress would be determined <u>proportionately</u>. The lower chamber or house would be elected by the people and the upper house would be elected by the lower house. Consequently, more populous states (like Virginia) would have a larger number of representatives than smaller states (like New Jersey), and they would have more control over the national government. The alternative to this proposal was the New Jersey Plan, which called for one single chamber with <u>one single vote per state</u>.
Answer: D)
Explanation:
The Articles of confederation and the U.S constitution had lots of differences. Both varied in matters of the Executive Branch, Legislative branch, Judicial branch, The power of national government and the amendment. One major difference was regarding the powers of the national government was that in the Articles of Confederation, some states were completely sovereign. The consent of at least nine states was required by Congress to declare war. The concept of Federal Supremacy was missing. Congress also had no power to pass laws binding on the states. It also had no power to levy taxes.
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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