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Question 8 • United States History

During the Constitutional Convention, the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise gave Congress the power to

Answer
A
regulate commerce in the South, but not in the North.
B
regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.
C
amend the Constitution of the United States with a majority vote.
D
choose its own members as well as the nation’s chief executive.

Explanation

The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, including commerce in both the North and South. However, it barred Congress from prohibiting the importation of enslaved people before 1808. Therefore, the correct choice is “regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.”

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