Question

The three-fifths compromise was an agreement at the Constitutional Convention, which stated that in calculating population for state representation __________.

a. a slave counted as three-fifths of a human being
b. women only counted as three-fifths of a person
c. only three-fifths of a state’s population was allowed to be slaves
d. only landowning citizens counted as a full person; all others counted as three-fifths of a person

Answer 1

a. a slave counted as three-fifths of a human being

Answer 2

A: a slave was counted as three-fifths of a human being

This agreement was reached in 1787 in Philadelphia during a Convention.

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