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Which state stood to lose the most representatives in congress if slaves were not counted in any way?
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Agreement that slaves would not be counted as a whole person when determining representation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise if i'm not mistaken. It counted slaves as 3/5 of a person when determining the amount of representatives a state received in congress (based on population)
What percent of slaves were counted with regards to state representation in the house of representatives?
as 3/5 of a man
In debates leading up the the Three-fifths Compromise southern states argued that?
Slaves should be counted when counting a state’s population to determine representation in congress
Why did the southern states want slaves to count toward their populations?
The Southerners wanted more representatives in the House of Representatives, so they wanted slaves to count as people in order to inflate their numbers. The Northerners argued that since slaves had no rights to elect those representatives, they should not be counted (in order to give Northerners more relative representation). This debate was what resulted in the Three-Fifths Compromise, wherein slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person.
What happens in the house of representatives after the census bureau has counted the population?
reappointment of how many representatives from each state are in the house of representatives
Which compromises at the Constitutional Convention please the Southern states Why?
The Three-Fifths Compromise counted three-fifths of the state's slaves in apportioning Representatives. The compromise ended up giving the southern states 38 percent of the seats in the Continental Congress.
What fraction of slaves were counted in a state?
five slaves will be counted as 3 people
Why did southern states want to count their slaves in the census?
Southern states wanted to count slaves because the House of Representatives is based on population. The census is taken to determine how many representatives each state gets. Since the south was mostly made up of slaves, it would get more representatives if they were counted.
Which compromise determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?
the slaves would be counted by THREE FIFTHS.....................................
How did slavery relate to the issue of population when trying to decide how many representatives each state would get in the new congress?
The South at the time had many slaves. The amount of Representatives in the House ofRepresentatives is decided by the population of the state. They wanted them to count slaves since it would give them a better position in the House.
what do the number associated with each state represent - in addition to electoral votes?
The number of senators and representatives the state has in congress
How was representation in Congress to be based according to the terms of the great compromised?
The representation in the legislative branch after the Great Compromise was: the Senate would have 2 representatives from each state, which favored the smaller New England states on the other hand, the House of Representatives would have a number from each state depending on the population (slaves counted for 3/5 of a person) which pleased the larger, Southern colonies
