Which compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state's official population for representation and taxation purposes?

A. the Two-for-One Compromise

B. the One-Half Compromise

C. the Two-Thirds Compromise

D. the Three-Fifths Compromise

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Owen Roberts

21 June, 09:14

Which compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state's official population for representation and taxation purposes?

A. the Two-for-One Compromise

B. the One-Half Compromise

C. the Two-Thirds Compromise

D. the Three-Fifths Compromise

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Landon Kerr · Answer 1

that would be the 2/3 compromise

Explanation:

So when they were trying to figure out the population in the united states they weren't sure how to count the slave population. some people thought that they shouldn't be counted at all. they finally reached an agreement that they should be counted as 2/3.