Question

Which of the following best summarizes the Southern position in the debate that resulted in the Three-Fifths Compromise?

A) The South preferred that only three-fifths of all slaves should be allowed to vote in elections for the House of Representatives.


B) The South preferred that slaves not be counted for purposes of representation because slaves were considered to be property.


C) The South preferred that slaves not count as people for purposes of representation in the House and that the vote of each slave only count as three- fifths of a vote.


D) Slaves could not vote, but the South wanted them included in the population count

Answer 1

The Southern position in the debate that resulted in the Three-Fifths Compromise was that slaves should be counted in population totals for representation but not for national taxation purposes, leading to each slave being counted as three-fifths of a person.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a pivotal agreement reached during the debates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It addressed how enslaved people would be counted for both representation in the House of Representatives and taxation. The Southern position in the debate leading to the Three-Fifths Compromise was that enslaved individuals should be counted in the population totals when it came to representation in Congress, in order to increase Southern political power, but they did not want enslaved people counted for the purpose of determining the imposition of national taxes on the states. Accordingly, the Compromise determined that each enslaved individual would be considered as three-fifths of a person for both purposes, affecting the distribution of representation in the House of Representatives and the imposition of federal taxes. This mechanism gave slaveholding states greater political influence.

Answer 2

I think its C but if not then it should be B.