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Southern states did not like the Three-Fifths Compromise because it reduced the size of their population counted for representation in Congress. Every five slaves would only count as three people when it came time to elect the members of the House of Representatives.

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How did the Three-Fifths compromise affect the population of each state?

Every slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.


What is the correct chronological order of these eventsCompromise of 1850, Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise,Emancipation Proclamation?

Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation


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.


What is the main idea of three fifths compromise?

Three-fifths of a state's slave population counted toward representation and taxation.


Why did they have a three-fifths compromise?

The Perpouse of the three-fifths compromise was to make the population fare


What problems did the three fifths Compromise and the Great Compromise solve?

it solved the issue of how people were going to be represented in government. the three fifths compromise stated that three out of five southern blacks would count as people, and the great compromise set up the bicameral houses of legislation. the house representation based on population, and the senate giving each state two representatives.


How did the north feel about the Three-Fifths Compromise?

The Northern States were pleased by Three-Fifths Compromise.


What Compromise determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?

three-fifths


The Compromise determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population.?

three-fifths


What document determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?

The Three-Fifths Compromise (during the Constitutional Convention in 1787).


What compromise was reached over the issue of slave trade?

The compromise that was reached over the issue of slave trade was "Three-Fifths Compromise's.


How was the three fifths Compromise related to the Constitutional Convention?

the three fifths compromise was discussed during the constitutional convention