Question

What was the "Three-Fifths Compromise"? Why did Southern states and Northern states have differing opinions? (min. 2 sentences required.)

Answer 1

The 3/5ths compromise stated that each slave was counted as 3/5ths of a person. The south did not want the slaves to be recognized as actual people, the North was trying to get the slaves recognized, at least most of the North did.

Answer 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.