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Lesson 14: How Did the Framers Resolve the Conflict between the Northern and Southern States?
Lesson Purpose
The states of the North and South had different economies and different economic interests. These differences led to another conflict at the Philadelphia Convention. The sources of this disagreement were protective tariffs and slavery.
Lesson Objectives
When you finish this lesson, you should be able to explain the conflicts about protective tariffs and slavery, and explain how they were resolved.
Lesson 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
three-fifths clause
