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Creating a Constitution — Unit test

Question 13 • *FL-2100310-United States History Semester 1

During the Constitutional Convention, disagreement over how to count enslaved people was settled by the

Answer
A
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.
B
Great Compromise.
C
Southern Compromise.
D
Three-Fifths Compromise.

Explanation

The Three-Fifths Compromise settled the dispute by counting three out of every five enslaved people when determining a state's representation in Congress and its direct taxes. The correct choice is the Three-Fifths Compromise; the Great Compromise instead addressed how states would be represented in Congress.

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