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What Compromise settled the dispute of how slaves should be counted for the purpose of representation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What were Slaves are counted as?
slaves were viewed as property not as people
What two compromises were reached over the issue of the slave trade?
Two compromises reached over the issue of the slave trade were the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for representation in Congress, and the Constitutional Compromise of 1808, which allowed the United States to ban the importation of slaves in 1808.
What fraction of slaves were counted in a state?
five slaves will be counted as 3 people
Slaves were counted as what fraction of a person?
Slaves were counted as three-fifth's of a single person.
What was the disagreement between northerners and southerns that was settled by the fifths compromise?
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.
How did the delegates to the constitutional convention solve the problem of how to count slaves for taxes?
The Convention settled on the Three-Fifths rule. A Slave counted as Three-Fifths of a Free Citizen.
Who argued that because slaves were legally considered property and were not allowed to vote they should not be counted?
James Madison argued that slaves should not be counted for the purpose of representation in Congress because they were considered property and not citizens. This argument was part of the Three-Fifths Compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Was slaves counted as part of the population for representation as property for taxation?
was slaves counted as people or property
Which compromise determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?
the slaves would be counted by THREE FIFTHS.....................................
How much of a vote were slaves counted for?
3/5. Three slaves were counted for every 5 white people. 3/5. Three slaves were counted for every 5 white people.
What are the 3 compromises of the great compromise?
3/5 ratio for counting slaves, representation in the legislature, and the method of electing a president.
