MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Question
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What were the terms of the 3/5 Compromise?
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The enslaved population would not count in a state’s official population.
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All of the enslaved population would count in a state’s official population.
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Every 5 slaves would count as 3 people in a state’s official population.
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Every 3 slaves count for 5 people in a state’s official population.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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