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"Slavery hung over the Philadelphia Convention, threatening to divide northern and southern
delegates. Even though slavery existed by law in some of the northern states in 1787, most
people there favored its end. Southerners were more unsure about whether to end slavery, both
because they had significantly greater numbers of slaves to deal with and because an end to
(slavery) had important economic implications. The result was compromise. The Founding
Fathers were more determined to fashion a new nation than they were to bring an end to slavery."
- Kermit Hall, historian, The Law of American Slavery, 1987
6. What compromise is being discussed in the excerpt above?
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The Virginia Plan
The New Jersey Plan
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Great Compromise
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History, 21.06.2019 15:20
Which of these statements best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt
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History, 22.06.2019 06:00
Read the following passages. passage a: we who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. they may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way. passage b: for as long as political life has existed in germany, there has never been a movement such as ours. created from nothing and embracing people of all regions, all classes, all professions, all heritages. they can oppress us; they can even kill us. but we will never surrender. passage c: who am i? they also tell me/ i bore the days of misfortune/ equably, smilingly, proudly, /like one accustomed to win. passage d: a democratic government did nothing to stem the flow of high inflation and unemployment that seemed to grow worse week by week. people grew desperate for change. which passage offers the truest belief of nazism in germany? passage b passage d passage a passage c
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