the issue of slavery at the constitutional convention was an issue about?
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Yes, slavery was an issue during the Constitutional Convention. The problem was that the south was producing a large portion of the early American economy through agriculture, even though 6% of Americas at the time were slave owners.
so was the population?
What was the population? in 1790 the population was 3.5 million, that would equal to about 180,000 people in slavery.
Best buy currently employs 180,000 people, to give you an idea.
At the Constitutional Convention a problem came up with counting the population for assigning delagates in the House. Some states wanted to count them so slave states could get more members of the House. Some though that was not fair if the aren't citizens. Ther result was the Three Fifths compromise. Slave states got to add 3 to their population figures for every 5 slaves in the state.
Why must lobbyists register with the government and report their activities annually?
They don't it's just something a group of bureaucrats made up to scare lobbyists so they can be monitored by cooperate assets.
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