What Was the Three-Fifths Compromise

question 41

Multiple Choice

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to amend the constitution.
• B) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to appoint members of the Supreme Court.
• C) Three states would be "slave states," five states would be "free states," and the remaining states would be able to decide their own fate after 1820.
• D) Five slaves would count as the equivalent of three "free persons" for purposes of taxes and representation.
• E) An agreement reached by three-fifths of the states to revoke the Articles of Confederation and install the Constitution.

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