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teach me what was the 3/5th Compromise like a 5 year old
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Okay! Imagine you’re playing a game with friends, and everyone needs to agree on how to count points. Some of your friends have big pet dogs that help them score a lot of points, and some friends only have little pets.
Now, to be fair, you all decide that when counting points for the game, you will only count some of the big pets’ points. So for every big pet, you’ll count only three points out of five they could score. This way, everyone gets a say in the game, and it feels more fair.
The 3/5th Compromise was kind of like that! A long time ago in America, when the country was being made, some states had lots of people who were not treated fairly. They decided to count those people when figuring out how many representatives each state would have, but only counted three out of every five people. This was to make sure everyone had a little bit of a voice. But it still wasn’t fair because those people didn't get the same rights as everyone else.
Now, to be fair, you all decide that when counting points for the game, you will only count some of the big pets’ points. So for every big pet, you’ll count only three points out of five they could score. This way, everyone gets a say in the game, and it feels more fair.
The 3/5th Compromise was kind of like that! A long time ago in America, when the country was being made, some states had lots of people who were not treated fairly. They decided to count those people when figuring out how many representatives each state would have, but only counted three out of every five people. This was to make sure everyone had a little bit of a voice. But it still wasn’t fair because those people didn't get the same rights as everyone else.