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AP®︎/College US History

Lesson 7: The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratification

The Constitutional Convention and debates over ratification

Adapted from Herbert S. Klein, The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2010

Which of the following best explains the changes in the population of enslaved Africans from 1801 to 1820?

(Choice A)
America reduced the number of enslaved Africans brought through the slave trade by two-fifths as part of the Three-Fifths Compromise.
(Choice B)
The Three-Fifths Compromise ended slavery in three-fifths of the colonies, reducing the amount of enslaved Africans.
(Choice C)
America ended the Atlantic slave trade in 1808 as a condition of the Three-Fifths Compromise.
(Choice D)
The Three-Fifths Compromise ended slavery in the United States in 1808, reducing the amount of enslaved Africans.