Question
Why did the Northern states oppose the Southern states’ plan for determining population?
The plan would increase the political power of enslaved people.
The plan would lead to the eventual freedom of enslaved people.
The plan would increase the political power of the Southern states.
The plan would reduce the representation of Southern states.
The plan would increase the political power of enslaved people.
The plan would lead to the eventual freedom of enslaved people.
The plan would increase the political power of the Southern states.
The plan would reduce the representation of Southern states.
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The plan would increase the political power of the Southern states.
Northern delegates opposed counting enslaved people fully because that would give Southern states greater representation in Congress and more influence in the Electoral College, even though enslaved people had no political rights. (The resulting compromise counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation.)
Northern delegates opposed counting enslaved people fully because that would give Southern states greater representation in Congress and more influence in the Electoral College, even though enslaved people had no political rights. (The resulting compromise counted three-fifths of enslaved people for representation and taxation.)