What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

The Three-Fifths Compromise counted three out of every five enslaved people when calculating a state’s population for representation in Congress. It also affected direct taxation, but it did not mean that a fixed share of representatives had to come from either the North or the South. The correct choice is “Three out of every five enslaved people would be counted in a state’s population for representation.”

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