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What was the debate between north south over counting slave population?
The three-fifths clause provided for counting three-fifths of all slaves for purposes of representation in Congress.
The three-fifths clause gave southern states the right to count each slave as?
citizens
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.
How did the three fifths compromise end?
It was superseded and thereby rescinded by the 14th Amendment in 1868.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise usually referred to or called in the Constitution?
The Three-fifths Compromise was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The three fifths clause stated that slaves counted as only three-fifths of a person.The three-fifths compromise was a strongly anti-slavery provision put into the Constitution. It was written in order to block the pro-slavery south from gaining additional representation in Congress by counting slaves as a full person for census purposes, even though the same slaves did not have the right to vote. It was added as Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 to the United States Constitution. It is often referred to as the 3-5 clause, even though it was The Three-fifths Compromise.It was superceded and thereby rescinded or abolished by the 14th Amendment in 1868, which gave black Americans the same rights as all other citizens.
A proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution must be approved by ____________.?
Three-fifths of all the voters during a general election
Discuss the irony of the Thirteenth Amendment repealing the Three-Fifths Compromise.?
There is no irony between the three fifths compromise and the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. The former act was based on the number of slaves that existed in a State for the purposes of counting a State's population and therefore its number of seats in the Hose of Representatives. This was clearly put aside as the amendment abolished slavery.
When was the three-fifths compromise passed?
With the passage of the 13th Amendment the three fifths compromise became a moot point because slavery was abolished.However, the 14th Amendment explicitly addressed the question when it stated 'Representatives shall be apportioned...counting the whole numbers of persons in each state excluding Indians not taxed...'
Was the Three-Fifths Compromise a Constitutional amendment?
The Three-fifths Compromise was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.. It was added as Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 to the United States Constitution . It was superceded and thereby rescinded by the 14th Amendment in 1868.
How can the US Constitution be changed?
It can be changed by the three ideas of Flexibility: The Elastic Clause, The Amendment Process, and Judicial Interpretation.
What is one minus two fifths?
minus three fifths
What is four fifths minus one fifth?
Assuming that you mean "fifths", the answer is three fifths.
