Lesson 14: How Did the Framers Resolve the Conflict between the Northern and Southern States?

Terms

fugitive slave clause  Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which stated that slaves who escaped must be returned to their owners. It was later abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment.

tariff  A tax on imported or exported goods or a list or system that describes such taxes.

three-fifths clause  Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, later eliminated by the Fourteenth Amendment. The clause provided that each slave should be counted as three-fifths of a person in determining the number of representatives a state might send to the House of Representatives. It also determined the amount of direct taxes Congress may levy on a state.