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The three-fifths compromise was designed to solve the issue of whether or not slaves should count in the total population. It was determined that each slave would count as three-fifths of one person.

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What did the threefifths compromise do?

allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person


The ThreeFifths Compromise determined how population would be counted for?

The Three-Fifths Compromise determined how population would be counted for....? Representation in Congress and also direct taxes on the population of the states.


What did the Missouri Compromise prevent?

The Missouri Compromise helped prevent the civil war by equalling the power in between free states(NORTH)and slave states(SOUTH)


What was the aim of the compromise of 1850?

To prevent secession of the South.


What did Henry Clay's compromise became know as?

Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 sought to balance the free states and the slave states in balance. The Compromise lost its value with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.


What was tried to prevent the civil war?

A bill was presented to congress called the Crittenden Plan which was a compromise to prevent war. However both sides were tired of compromise and the bill did not pass.


What year did a compromise tariff prevent secession crisis?

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What was the last failed effort to prevent the Civil War?

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Was the aim of the Crittenden Compromise of 1860?

The Crittenden Compromise of 1860 aimed to prevent the impending Civil War by proposing constitutional amendments that would protect slavery in southern states and extend the Missouri Compromise line westward. It sought to appease both pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions by ensuring that slaveholding territories would be established. However, the proposal ultimately failed to gain sufficient support in Congress, reflecting the deep divisions within the nation over slavery.


What did the Kansas Nebraska act Missouri compromise and compromise 1850 have in common?

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