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What did the three fifths compromise at the constitutional convention determine?
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∙ 8y ago
It was used to determine population of states. Southern states had 9 million slaves and the smaller states didn't want them counted in the population so each slave was counted as 3/4 of a person in the census.
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How was the three fifths Compromise related to the Constitutional Convention?
the three fifths compromise was discussed during the constitutional convention
What was the great compromise and the constitutional convention?
The Constitutional convention and Compromises include the three-fifths compromise, the Great Compromise was between the small states, the Commerce Compromise, Slave Trade Compromise, and the election of the President.
What compromise regarding slavery was reached by the delegates at the 1787 constitutional convention?
The three fifths compromise
When did delegates approve Three-Fifths compromise?
During the 1787 United states constitutional convention
The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the?
The Thee-Fifths Compromise
What document determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?
The Three-Fifths Compromise (during the Constitutional Convention in 1787).
Three fifths compromise is an agreement at the constitutional convention to count a slave as three fifths of a person when determining the population of a state True Or False?
True.
5-What were the compromises at the Constitutional Convention What competing interests were at stake?
Constitutional Convention mainly suffered the three-Fifths Compromise. Competing interests were state's slaves, Presidential electors, and direct taxes.
Whose idea was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The Three-fifths Compromise was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. It was added as Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 to the United States Constitution.
What three compromises about slavery kept southern delegates from walking out of the constitutional convention?
There was only one compromise regarding slavery and it was the three-fifths compromise which stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of assigning House of Representative seats. Another compromise during the Constitutional convention was the Great compromise which created a bicameral legislature and the creation of the electoral college for Presidential elections.
Which issue reguarding slavery was resolved at the convention?
The issue of the Three-Fifths Compromise was resolved at the Constitutional Convention, which determined how slaves would be counted for the purpose of taxation and representation in Congress. The compromise stated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.
Which states would gain the most representation in Congress from the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
States with the most number of slaves!
