Question

The Three-Fifths Compromise gave us our two-house Congress true or false

Answer 1

False. The Three-Fifths Compromise did not create a two-house Congress; rather, it was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 regarding how enslaved individuals would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation. The compromise determined that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted when apportioning representation in Congress. The two-house structure of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate) was established as part of the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise) during the same convention.