Multiple Choice
How did southern states react to the Constitution's provisions regarding slavery?
A) South Carolina and Georgia immediately began importing increased numbers of Africans, because in twenty years the international slave trade could be constitutionally prohibited.
B) They refused to ratify the Constitution without assurances that a bill of rights would be added to protect their right to slave property.
C) The personal opposition of Jefferson and Madison to slavery prompted Virginia to oppose ratification at first.
D) They objected to the electoral college on the grounds that it ignored the number of slaves in their states and thereby reduced their power.
E) They were critical of the provision in Article I allowing African-Americans to be armed during wartime.
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