Question

How did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention settle the issue of counting slaves as people in order to receive proper representation through Congress?

A.The Texas Plan

B.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

C.The 3/5 Compromise

D.The New Jersey Plan

Answer 1

Answer: C) The 3/5 compromise

It counted 3/5 of the slave population in the southern states that own slaves and this gave the southerners more representation in Congress and taxation. This gave the southern states more political power than it would without counting slave population. The North agreed because it would mean the South would be taxed more and the South wanted the extra electoral power.