"A special committee worked out another compromise: Congress would have the power to ban the slave trade, but not until 1800. The convention voted to extend the date to 1808. A final major issue involving slavery confronted the delegates. Southern states wanted other states to return escaped slaves."
The quotation that sums up Hoover's beliefs about government role is C. <span>"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough for those who have little."</span>
The direct effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was the abolition of slavery in the rebelling states. Slavery was basically outlawed in all the states that had seceded from the Union. Although it is a fact that not all the slaves were freed instantly but a large number of slaves did get back their freedom.
