What Issue Did the "Three-Fifths Compromise" Address

question 33

Multiple Choice

What issue did the "three-fifths compromise" address?

• A) Whether and how to include slaves when apportioning representation based on population
• B) How many states were required to ratify Constitutional amendments
• C) How many future new states could be slaveholding areas
• D) Whether and how to divide confiscated Indian lands between reservations and sales to American citizens
• E) How many delegates would have to sign the Constitution to propose it for ratification

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