The Problem was adding California mainly. the representatives didnt want slaves to be counted for in California because at that specific time they were finding gold, and people who would bring slaves their tended to have more slaves to help them find it.. so think. if their was one man trying to find gold. and then their was a man with 8 slaves trying to find gold. who do you think would have more in the end? the man with 8 slaves because he had more help. that's why California wasnt a slave state. also because it would tip the scale, 14 slave states and then 13 free states.
apportionment
population
depends on the states population!
One factor determining the number of representatives for a given congressional district is the distribution of within the state is population. A population is determined by the number of people living in a geographical area.
In respect to American government, the sole factor in determining the number of representatives that each state is entitled to have in the House of Representatives is the population of each state in question. While each state is entitled to at least one representative in the House, additional representatives are allotted based on the census-counts of state-populations, with the total number of representatives fixed at 435 in total.
determining the number of seats each state is entitled to in the U.S. House of Representatives
the verb is to "apportion." The process is known as "apportionment."
reappointment of how many representatives from each state are in the house of representatives
One factor determining the number of representatives for a given congressional district is the distribution of within the state is the population. The governmental body responsible for interpreting the Constitution is the Supreme Court.
3/5 of the population of slaves were counted for each state
Southern states wanted to count slaves because the House of Representatives is based on population. The census is taken to determine how many representatives each state gets. Since the south was mostly made up of slaves, it would get more representatives if they were counted.
The Southerners wanted more representatives in the House of Representatives, so they wanted slaves to count as people in order to inflate their numbers. The Northerners argued that since slaves had no rights to elect those representatives, they should not be counted (in order to give Northerners more relative representation). This debate was what resulted in the Three-Fifths Compromise, wherein slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person.