Question

What issue was addressed by the Three-Fifths Compromise?




how to regulate trade with foreign nations


how to admit new states to the Union


how the slave population would be counted


how a federal executive would be chosen

Answer 1

The issue addressed by the Three-Fifths Compromise was how the slave population would be counted for purposes such as determining representation in the House of Representatives and taxation. The compromise decided that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's total population for those purposes.