The Three-Fifths Compromise gets its name from the resolution that
A) slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person, in determining representation in the House of Representatives.
B) slave owners would be credited at three-fifths for each slave that they owned on their taxes.
C) northern states that did not count slaves as part of their population would receive three additional seats in the Senate and five extra seats in the House of Representatives.
D) southern states that did not count slaves as part of their population would receive three additional seats in the Senate and five extra seats in the House of Representatives.
E) after three years the importation of slaves would be prohibited and after five years slavery would be abolished.
A
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