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The "Three-Fifths Compromise" was not a constitutional amendment, but rather part of the actual Constitution written in 1787 (Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3), as an attempt to get both slave states, who wanted slaves to be counted as people because of taxation reasons, and non-slave states, who didn't want slaves to be counted as people, to ratify the document.

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How were slaves to be counted when determing the number of congressional districts per state?

Slaves were counted by population by three-fifths of a person.


Prior to which amendment where salves counted as only three fifths of a person?

Prior to the 14th Amendment, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of congressional representation and taxation, as established by the Three-Fifths Compromise in 1787. This compromise was part of the U.S. Constitution and reflected the contentious issue of slavery in the early United States. The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted full citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., effectively nullifying the three-fifths clause.


Which amendment counted slaves as one whole person for the puropses of representation in the US house of representatives?

Amendment XIV


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)


When Prior to which amendment were slaves counted as only 35 of a person?

Prior to the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, enslaved individuals were counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation under the Three-Fifths Compromise established in the U.S. Constitution in 1787. This compromise was a contentious political solution aimed at balancing the interests of slaveholding and non-slaveholding states in terms of congressional representation. The 14th Amendment ultimately abolished this practice by granting full citizenship and equal representation to all individuals born or naturalized in the United States.

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How were slaves counted in the population?

They were counted as three fifths of a person.


How were slaves to be counted when determing the number of congressional districts per state?

Slaves were counted by population by three-fifths of a person.


How were the slaves counted for the number of congressional districts per state?

The Three-Fifths Compromise of the Constitutional Convention established that slaves were to be counted as three-fifths of a person when taking a census for apportionment. This was nullified by a later Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary service.


What amendment made slaves count as one whole person?

The Three-Fifths Compromise, not an amendment, was established in the United States Constitution in 1787 determining that enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person for both representation in Congress and taxation purposes.


Were slaves counted as three-fifths of a person in 1787?

yes


How did they count slaves before the thirteenth amendment?

Before the 13Th amendment, slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person.


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 did William blount think slaves should be counted as?

William Blount believed that slaves should be counted as part of the population for the purpose of determining representation in Congress and for the allocation of taxes. He supported the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.


How should slaves be counted?

When it came to the population of a state, slaves counted as three-fifths (3/5) of a person.


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

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


Which amendment counted slaves as one whole person for the puropses of representation in the US house of representatives?

Amendment XIV


How were slaves to counted in the census?

In the United States, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in the House of Representatives according to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution. This practice was in place from 1787 until the abolition of slavery after the Civil War.