The Three-Fifths Compromise

an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention stating that enslaved persons would be counted as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's population for representation in the House of Representatives

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Electoral College

• Northwest Ordinance

What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise deal with?

• how to elect the president

• the Supreme Court

• how slaves should be counted in the population

• the number of houses in Congress

How were slaves counted in determining representation?

• as property to be taxed

• as three-fifths of a person

• the same as any other person

• the same as livestock

Which state would gain the most representatives in Congress if slaves were counted?

• Delaware

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia

If a state had 5000 slaves, how many would count when determining the state's population for representation in the House of Representatives?

• 30

• 300

• 500

• 3000

For how many years did the delegates decide that Congress could not interfere in the slave trade?

• 1 year

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 20 years

True or False?

The fugitive slave law required that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners.

• True

• False

People

author of the 3/5 Compromise dealing with how slave should be counted

• William Patterson

• James Wilson

• Edmund Randolph

• Roger Sherman