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How did slavery relate to the issue of population when trying to decide how many representatives each state would get in the new congress?
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The South at the time had many slaves. The amount of Representatives in the House ofRepresentatives is decided by the population of the state. They wanted them to count slaves since it would give them a better position in the House.
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Forced congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the mississippi?
missouri compromise
The forced Congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the Mississippi.?
Missouri compromise
Where the compromise of 1850 allowed people to decide whether they wanted slavery?
No. It was a compromise in the Congress to work out problems between some states as to which side they were on. People could not decide on their own to own slaves. Some people in the South didn't want slavery.
How did congress decide to pay some soldiers of the revolutionary war?
The congress decided to pay some of them with land
What position did Abraham Lincoln take on slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting
The agreement for a two house legislature came about because?
The continental congress couldn't decide upon a Senate based on population or an equal Senate with two representatives from each state. A compromise was made and to this day we have a bicameral legislature, the house of representatives ( population based ) and the Senate ( fixed amount of representatives ).
Congress decided to let the citizens decide the issue of slavery in the states of?
Kansas and Nebraska
Forced congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the mississippi?
missouri compromise
Why did the delegates decide to have a two-part congress?
The delegates decided that they wanted a legislature where every state has an equal number of votes, namely the Senate. They also wanted one where votes are proportional to population, namely the House of Representatives.
What was a gathering of delegates who got together in philadelphai to decide what to do about the british?
It was held at the House of Representatives
The forced Congress to decide if slavery would be allowed in regions west of the Mississippi.?
Missouri compromise
How is the number of representatives for each state in the House of Representatives?
The number of representatives from each state is not set on a fix count. The total number of representatives should only be 435. With this, census will be conducted to check the total number of population for them to decide the number of representative needed.
How did farmers of Virginia and New Jersey plan to propose to decide on the number of representatives in congress?
Virginia was a heavily populated state and New Jersey was not. Virginia proposed congressional representation based upon population; New Jersey proposed equal representation of all states regardless of population.
What does a congress man do?
Congress is the legislative, or lawmaking, branch of our national government. It shares power with the president and the Supreme Court. The writers of the U.S. Constitution thought Congress was so important, they listed it first! Congress has two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. There are 100 Senators, two from each state. The House of Representatives has 435 members. The number of Representatives each state gets is based on the state's population. States with large populations have more representatives. For example, California has 52 Representatives, while North Dakota has just one.
How dothey decide how many representatives each can have?
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Where the compromise of 1850 allowed people to decide whether they wanted slavery?
No. It was a compromise in the Congress to work out problems between some states as to which side they were on. People could not decide on their own to own slaves. Some people in the South didn't want slavery.
How do they decide on the number of Representatives in the House?
The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state.
