The Three-Fifths Clause in the U.S.Constitution

question 71

Multiple Choice

The three-fifths clause in the U.S.Constitution:

• A) requires that all revenue bills receive a three-fifths affirmative vote in the U.S.House.
• B) gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.
• C) explicitly declared that slaves were not fully human and were therefore undeserving of legal rights.
• D) made it easier to amend the Constitution than it had been to amend the Articles of Confederation.
• E) expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise at the Constitutional Convention.

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