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Explain the "3/5 Compromise" and what problem it solved that convinced the Southern states to accept the Constitution, and become part of the United States Of America.

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The Three Fifths Compromise made it so slaves should be counted as three fifths of their real number and it resolved the issue of counting slaves towards population in regards to representation in the House of Representatives

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