The Constitutional Convention and Debates over Ratification

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Three-Fifths Compromise

A
$Counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation and taxation$
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B
$Granted enslaved people 3/5 of a vote in federal congressional elections$
C
$Counted Native Americans as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes$
D
$Eliminated slavery in all states north of the Mason-Dixon line by 1808$

Explanation

Inflated Southern political power; was a moral compromise enabling Southern ratification.

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