MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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The North gained more seats in the House.
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The North and the South had the same number of representatives in Congress.
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The South gained more seats in the House.
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The North gained more seats until slavery was gradually banned in the nation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By including three-fifths of slaves (who had no voting rights) in the legislative apportionment, the Three-fifths Compromise provided additional representation in the House of Representatives of slave states compared to the free states.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Three-Fifths Compromise greatly augmented southern political power. In the Continental Congress, where each state had an equal vote, there were only five states in which slavery was a major institution. Thus the southern states had about 38 percent of the seats in the Continental Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation. Before the Civil War, the Three-Fifths Compromise gave a disproportionate representation of slave states in the House of Representatives.