Question
Which statement about the Three-Fifths Compromise is accurate?
The Three-Fifths Compromise determined where the greatest enslaved populations were based on census data.
The Three-Fifths Compromise helped give more power to states that did not allow slavery.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was developed based on the results of the 1790 census.
The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.
The Three-Fifths Compromise determined where the greatest enslaved populations were based on census data.
The Three-Fifths Compromise helped give more power to states that did not allow slavery.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was developed based on the results of the 1790 census.
The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.
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The accurate statement about the Three-Fifths Compromise is:
**The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.**
This compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and representation. This provision allowed Southern states to have greater representation in Congress than they would have had if enslaved individuals were not counted at all.
**The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.**
This compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and representation. This provision allowed Southern states to have greater representation in Congress than they would have had if enslaved individuals were not counted at all.