Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) A limitation on the importation of enslaved people until three-fifths of the states agreed to abolition.
A
A limitation on the importation of enslaved people until three-fifths of the states agreed to abolition.
(Choice B) The number of representatives each Southern state could have based on free white men alone.
B
The number of representatives each Southern state could have based on free white men alone.
(Choice C) How enslaved people would be counted in the new government for purposes of representation and taxation.
C
How enslaved people would be counted in the new government for purposes of representation and taxation.
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The correct answer is: (Choice C) How enslaved people would be counted in the new government for purposes of representation and taxation.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that determined that enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation in Congress.
