MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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The slave population would be counted at a three-fifths ratio for the purpose of representation in the Senate.
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Three-fifths of the slave population would be freed by 1808.
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The slave population would be counted at a three-fifths ration for the purpose of representation in the House of Representatives.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Three-Fifths Compromise can best be described as follows: A slave would be counted as three-fifths of a white person for the purposes of taxation and representation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “Three-fifths Compromise” allowed a state to count three fifths of each Black person in determining political representation in the House. It was an early American effort to avoid the intersectionality of race, class, nationality and wealth for political control.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following best describes why the three fifths clause was included in the constitution.-the number of slaves and free people living in many southern states out numbered the population in some northern states.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following statements most accurately describes the Three-Fifths Compromise? It determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.