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The "Three-fifths Compromise " was included in the U.S. Constitution in order to resolve a conflict over the .....?

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The southern states wanted to get more representatives like the northern states. So the southern states said that the slaves counted as part of the population

Obviously, the Northern states didn't like this so they came up with the 3/5 compromise... For every 5 slaves, 3 slaves would be counted towards the population.
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whether or not the slaves would count as part of the population
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