Question

Why did Northern states fight against having enslaved people counted as full citizens? (1 point)
Northern states fought to have enslaved people counted as full citizens.
Northern states knew that they would politically benefit if their population was lower than Southern states.
The South would benefit greatly from having a high population for high political power in the House of Representatives.
Northern states viewed enslaved people as property, thus they believed that enslaved people should not be counted as full citizens.

Answer 1

"The South would benefit greatly from having a high population for high political power in the House of Representatives."

Counting enslaved people as full persons would have increased Southern states' representation in the House and the Electoral College, so Northern states opposed it.