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Which of the Following Statements About Regional Tensions During the Drafting

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Which of the following statements about regional tensions during the drafting of the Constitution is LEAST accurate?


A) The delegates eventually agreed to count three-fifths of the enslaved population for purposes of representation and taxation.
B) Although the South had by far the largest number of slaves, slavery was legal in every state at the time that the Constitution was written.
C) In order to appease largely agricultural states, the Constitution prevented the government from banning the international slave trade until at least 1808.
D) Southern agriculturists managed to win a concession that the new government would have no power to tax exports.
E) Northern interests wanted to ensure that the new government would have adequate power to regulate international commerce.

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