Essay On The Fault In The Constitution

The main point was that slaves should be counted as three-fifths. The argument was northern and southern states the reasons slavery issue. Because the Southern holds their states as a slave state and adding slave as property on the other way the northern states did not want people as a slave. It was the most controversial issue southern was the large populations the reason won the point because of the percentage. Another main point was the economy totally depended on slavery because cheap labor, but northers was popular in trading like rice, tobacco stuff. They eliminate the fight two states made three-Fifths Compromise. In 1783 the article proposed tax should be a portion of the population, then, had a problem again slaver issue not paying tax equally. It was a great solution to add on three fifths as a

On July 9, 1868 the 14th amendment to the constitution was ratified. This amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States," which included former slaves recently freed. Although the slaves were freed, there was still discrimination all around them. Discrimination is defined as "differences between things or treating someone as inferior based on their race". In 1800’s through 1900 there was a huge amount of cases that occurred due to violations of the 14th Amendment. Two well known landmark Supreme Court cases involving the 14th Amendment are Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education.

The Bill of Rights is one of the most essential documents produced in the United States. It was written September 25, 1789 and was approved December 15, 1791 written by James Madison. The purpose of this document is to protect citizens from excessive government power.

The United States Constitution was ratified and made law September 17, 1789. For Americas yet-to-be history the Framers knew the Constitution had to have a way to grow and change with the people, and their needs. This paper will cover the amendment process, the need for the Bill of Rights, how the Bill of Rights has affected America, what the Bill of Rights have granted American’s, discuss the later amendments, and what effect the later amendments have had.

There are a number of compromises that can be found in the U.S constitution, all having had a major role in shaping what we all know today as the United States of America. With so many important compromises it is hard to chose just one. That being said, the compromise which I intend to discuss is the three-fifths compromise. This compromise is important in our history and is a pretty controversial matter.Three-fifths compromise was important for both the northern and southern states. The main question that was brought up for this subject was if slaves should be counted in census to determine the number of congressional delegates a state should recieve.

Race is, a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, or an ethnic group. In the USA, we are made up of literally hundreds of different ethnic groups, with different races. From African Americans to mexicans, and from scottish to Chinese, we all are different. Does that mean we can put them down, and fight them because of the difference? On September 25, 1789, the United State’s government passed a bill, The Bill of Rights. This bill gives every US citizen, 27 rights. From the freedom of religion, to abolitioning slavery. The fourteenth amendment says we all have the Right to be free from discrimination. So even with a law that says you can’t discrimination, people do.

During that time, slavery was an issue in the United States. The Southern states wanted their population, including their slave population to be counted toward their representation in the House of Representatives, the reason for this was because the higher the population, the more representatives they would receive; on the other hand, the Southern States did not want their slave population counted toward their taxes, this was because, the higher the population, the more taxes the south would have to pay; the Northern States disagreed with the Southern States on both matters, there were fewer slave states in the north so the sum of the slaves and the ordinary people would not help the northern states earn representation. Secondly, the northern states felt that if the southern states were allowed to count slaves as part of their population for representation, they should also be counted for taxation. The solution for this confusion was the Three-Fifths Compromise, which each slave would count as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxation

In 1787 the Northwest Ordinance was passed. It helped form new states and governed them. Then the confederate government had almost no control. The United States went into a depression, farmers had their land taken away, shays rebellion came, and slavery became a topic of debate. This led to the constitutional convention. Many plans were proposed, but only compromises were accepted. Two important compromises were the Great Compromise, and the three-fifths compromise. The Great Compromise made a two house legislature, and the three-fifths compromise made slaves count as three-fifths of a free person when counting population. During the convention they also agreed that congress couldn’t interfere with slavery until 1808. They also

The U.S. Constitution was the first constitution in the world, and for its time, it was an outstanding document. For this reason, the subsequent constitutions could not ignore the experience of the drafters of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution (including the Bill of Rights) had great influence on modern policy documents: the Declaration of Human and Civil Rights of 1789 and the Polish Constitution of 1791.

The Three Fifths Compromise was for the most part about slaves. To figure out whether slaves ought to be meant representation for every state. The North did not need them

The missour compromise, north wanted the state to be free of slaves while south wanted it to be involved with slavery. Now in the end, it was decided that Maine was to be the free state and Missouri was given the ok to adopt a constitution having no restrictions on slavery. This compromise was the foundation of conflict for the north and south regarding slavery. The kansas-nebraska allowed each territory to make the decision on the issue of slavery. This compromie violated the first compromise, missouri. Because of this violence begin in many parts of America, and later became better known as the civil war. Third compromise was the nullification, power to nullify, or invalidate any federal law in which the state thinks it is unconstiutional.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between the southern states and northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The dispute was over if and how slaves were going to be considered when completing a state’s entire population for voting purposes. Instead of with straining the importation of slave in the southern states, slavery was given something new, a political life. Even when the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 seized the importation of anymore slaves, the south found another way of trying to increase its political status in Congress by breeding slaves. Most Northern states wanted no part in the dispute about the count of slaves. Some argued that they should be treated as property, since

The first compromise is called the “Three fifths Compromise.” Since the house vote was now based on population, the North and South were arguing if slaves counted. They came to a compromise where slaves would be considered three fifths of a human, instead of an entire human being. (Yes, it was insanely racist and messed up). Basically every five slaves would count as three people, instead of five.

The Bill of Rights had a major impact as a new constitution was set throughout the country. As a non-violent action, the constitution convention had put together a new system for American government( Pohel, 2014). Unlike the previous rebellious actions I had discussed above, the Bill of Rights was a result of a peaceful conference that changed America. The shift of power from the states government to the National government was a significant change as Americans worried that the National Government was going to end up like the British, which overly abused their power that turned the country into tyrannic society. To make the people worry less about the problem, the Bill of Rights prohibited the National government from disregarding people’s right. This made the majority of people changed their mind into supporting the Constitution. In a longer term, the Bill of Rights reminded the government the importance of people’s rights and how they should never be neglected. Despite the influences of the Bill of Rights, violent actions were still did a better job in helping the country to grow. The War of 1812 represented a strong statement made by the United States to show

Professor Larry Sabato is the founder of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia presents 23 proposals to revitalize our Constitution and Make America a Fairer Country. His book provides insight for a hard fought debate. Whether you like his suggestions or not or you agree with him or not, you have to respect anyone that can outwardly state that the United States Constitution as it has been handed down is “outdated.” This quest for reform I’m sure would anger many political conservatives who believe that the Constitution that we know today, is not in need of any reform, and is just the true document that is has always been and should remain.