Lesson 5 of 84 · The Constitution
⭐ 30 XP🏛️ Civic SquareThe Three-Fifths Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was another important agreement made at the Constitutional Convention.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise was another important agreement made at the Constitutional Convention. It dealt with how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s population. Southern states wanted to count slaves to have more representatives in Congress. The compromise stated that each slave would count as three-fifths of a person. This helped balance the interests of both northern and southern states.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise determined how slaves were counted for representation.
Southern states wanted more representatives by counting slaves.
Each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.
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