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13 January, 13:15

The Three-Fifths Compromise

a. increased the power of the free states by counting only 3/5 of the slaves instead of none of them.

b. increased the power of slave states by counting only 3/5 of the slaves instead of all of them.

c. decreased the power of free states by counting 3/5 of the slaves, instead of all of them.

d. increased the power of slave states by counting 3/5 of the slaves instead of none of them.

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  1. 13 January, 15:53
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    The correct answer is D because originally, no slaves were counted in the entire population of slave owning states. This angered states (ones like Virginia) because slaves made up a great number of the population, though they were not counted.
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