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What amendment made former slaves counted as one whole person for the purposes of representation in the US House of Representatives?
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Amendment 14 1868 section 2
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Which amendment counted slaves as one whole person for the puropses of representation in the US house of representatives?
Amendment XIV
What portion of the slave population was counted for the purposes of representation in the house of representatives?
three fifths
Why did the north want every slave to be counted?
If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
Why did north want every slave to be counted?
If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
What percent of slaves were counted with regards to state representation in the house of representatives?
as 3/5 of a man
What agreement detrmined the guidelines by which enslaved persons would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise.
How did the US Constitution address the issue of how slaves would be counted for purposes of representation in the house of represntive?
Every 5 slaves woulde counted as three people
What right did the amendments protect?
With the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment (ratified 1865), the Confederate states sought readmission to the Union and to Congress. Under Article I, section 2 of the Constitution, a slave had been counted as three‐fifths of a person for purposes of representation. Because of the abolition of slavery, Southern states expected a substantial increase in their representation in the House of Representatives. The Union, having won the war, feared it might lose the peace.
Number of slaves counted for representation in the constitution?
it is a Compromise, which stipulates that three/fifths of the slave population would be counted for purposes of representation.
How did the Virginia Plan believe slaves should be counted for purposes of taxation and representation?
Yes, they wanted to include slaves within their population because it would allow more representatives to be able to join Congress and speak the "voice" of the Southern states.
The three fifths of compromise counted each slaves as three fifth of a person for the purpose of both?
The northern states wanted to tax the southern states, so if they counted the slave population as part of the white community, then they could get more money. On the other hand, the southern states wanted representation in the government, so they wanted slaves to count as people so that they could have more representatives in Congress. The north didn't want the south to have more representatives, and the south didn't want to be taxed, so a man named Roger Sherman came up with the 3/5 Comprimise to satisfy both the north and the south. Or just simply: how to count population for the purposes of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Under the three-fifths compromise each enslaved person was counted as three fifths of a free person for what purposes?
The northern states wanted to tax the southern states, so if they counted the slave population as part of the white community, then they could get more money. On the other hand, the southern states wanted representation in the government, so they wanted slaves to count as people so that they could have more representatives in Congress. The north didn't want the south to have more representatives, and the south didn't want to be taxed, so a man named Roger Sherman came up with the 3/5 Comprimise to satisfy both the north and the south. Or just simply: how to count population for the purposes of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
