Question

1. a. summarize what were the key issues involved in the compromises made over slavery? b. predict what might have happened if the delegates were not able to agree to the terms of the great compromise?

Explanation:

Part a

The key issues in slavery compromises included how to count enslaved people (the Three - Fifths Compromise, counting 3/5 of slaves for representation and taxation), the slave trade (whether to ban it, with a compromise to allow it until 1808), and the balance of power between slave and free states in Congress.

If delegates didn't agree to the Great Compromise (which combined the Virginia Plan's population - based representation and New Jersey Plan's equal state representation), the nation might have failed to form a unified government. The large states (favoring Virginia Plan) and small states (favoring New Jersey Plan) might have split, leading to multiple smaller nations or a weaker, more divided central government. There could have been more regional conflicts, and the United States as we know it might not have been established, or would have had a very different, less stable political structure.

Answer:

Key issues: 1. Representation and taxation (Three - Fifths Compromise: counting 3/5 of enslaved people). 2. Slave trade (compromise to allow it until 1808). 3. Balance of power between slave and free states in Congress.

Part b