What disagreement lead to the Three Fifths Compromise Who were the opposing sides What did each side argue?

Answer 1

The disagreement over if and how slaves should be counted for Congressional apportionment purposes. The opposing sides were the northern states and the southern states. The northern states who opposed slavery argues that only free state inhabitants could be counted towards apportionment while the southern states argued that slaves should counted towards their population apportionment number.

Answer 2

The Northern States argued that since Southern planters did not consider slaves to be worthy of even the most basic rights, slaves should not be counted for purposes of representation. The Southern States, knowing that they would have more power if slaves were included in the count, predictably disagreed. This disagreement led to the three fifths compromise.

Answer 3

The disagreement was whether slaves should count for taxes, and population, or not. And the three-fifths compromise was out of every five slaves, three counted towards taxes and population.

Answer 4

The disagreement was whether slaves should count for taxes, and population, or not. And the three-fifths compromise was out of every five slaves, three counted towards taxes and population.

Answer 5

At issue was whether or not to count slaves as people when determining a state's population. The compromise literally meant that for census purposes, one slave was counted as 3/5 of one person. 5 white people = 5, but 5 slaves = 3.