The Three-Fifths Compromise determined that an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation. This compromise was reached during the 1787 Constitutional Convention as a way to address the contentious issue of how enslaved individuals would be counted when apportioning congressional representation among the states.
What did the Three-Fifths Compromise do?
Responses
It split Congress into two houses, one based on population and the other giving states equal representation.
It split Congress into two houses, one based on population and the other giving states equal representation.
It gave the federal government control of foreign trade.
It gave the federal government control of foreign trade.
It banned enslavement in three-fifths of the states.
It banned enslavement in three-fifths of the states.
It determined that an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person
1 answer