The Three fifths compromise was a compromise between southern and northern states reached during the Philadelphia convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of the taxes and the members of the United States house of Representatives.
they made the electoral college
Apportionment
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Representation was such a difficult issue to resolve because it consisted all legislation.
Henry Clay
they created the 3/5 compromise
representation in Congress
they made the electoral college
Apportionment
The 3/5 compromise. Each slave counted as 3/5 of a person
how should representation in congres be divided among the states
By making representation in the House of Representatives proportionate to population and representation in the Senate equal for each state
It created a two house legislature
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The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise over how slaves would be accounted for when determining population for congressional representation purposes. The conflict was between the Northern and Southern states.
The Constitutional Convention created two legislative sections. One (House of Representatives) is based on population, currently capped at 435 members. The other (Senate) contains the same number of members (two) for each state.
The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislativebranch (the US Congress). Small states wanted equal representation(equality by state), and large states wanted representationbased on population (equality by vote). ... In the House of Representatives, representation was based on population.