Question

What effect did the three-fifths compromise have on antebellum American national government?

a. It created a lasting split between the North and the South on numerous issues of national importance.
b. It ensured that the national government was able to collect taxes adequate for the needs of the growing country.
c. It is the primary reason why Southern-born presidents, House leaders, and Supreme Court justices often dominated antebellum American national government.
d. It weakened the national government and gave more power to the states.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. The Three-Fifths Compromise created a lasting split between the North and the South on numerous issues of national importance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement between the northern states and the southern states of the United States during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, by which it was established in the United States Constitution that African American slaves from the south would count as three fifths of a free citizen, granting states south of the Mason Dixon Line greater representation in the House of Representatives.

This in turn generated a situation of tension between both regions of the nation, given the constant political and social differences between both societies, which could not reach an agreement in Congress and where the southern states had a greater number of representatives in under said clause.