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Which of the following is true regarding the 3/5 Clause (Compromise)?The South wanted to count its slaves as people, despite their state laws terming slaves as "property," because it was fair better for Southern politics (more representation sent to Congress).It was a clause included in the Constitution to deal with the issue of how to apportion representation in the House of RepresentativesAll of the answer options are true.The Northern states threatened to not ratify the Constitution if the South were allowed to count slaves towards their population, arguing that enslaved people in the South could not be counted towards Southern states' population because those Southern states terms them as "property."The solution to contentions between the Northern and Southern states was to count slaves as 3/5 of a person (not counted as 1 whole person) until the early 1800sThe 3/5 Compromise gave African Americans the right to vote.
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