Question

The Three-Fifths Compromise (select all that apply) "Article 1 Section 2, Paragraph 3 in the Constitution - Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons." A. was never agree to by northern states. B. would allow slave states more representatives in congress. C. required slaves to work between three and five years. D. allowed southern states to count their slaves as part of their population.

Answer 1

The correct answers regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise are:

B. would allow slave states more representatives in congress.
D. allowed southern states to count their slaves as part of their population.

To clarify:

• A is incorrect because the compromise was indeed agreed upon during the Constitutional Convention and had support from both northern and southern states.
• C is incorrect as the Three-Fifths Compromise did not require slaves to work between three and five years; rather, it was a formula for counting slaves for purposes of representation and taxation.