Question

Which statement best explains the Three-Fifths Compromise?
When the Constitution was ratified by three-fifths of the states, it would become temporary law for those states.
For the purposes of determining the population of a state, three out of every five enslaved people would be counted.
Members of the House of Representatives would represent three-fifths of the population of the state.
Three-fifths of the proposed rights would be added to a bill of rights.

Answer 1

"For the purposes of determining the population of a state, three out of every five enslaved people would be counted."

(This was used to determine representation in the House and direct taxation.)