Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Question

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Responses

To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

To create a government based on the principle of federalism

To create a government with a bicameral legislature

Answer 1

The Constitutional Convention agreed to the Three-Fifths Compromise to settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation.