The Three-fifths Compromise referred to:
a. counting slaves as three-fifths of a person when determining state population
b. counting large states as equal to small states in the Senate, but not the House
c. allowing three slave states into the Union for every five nonslave states allowed to enter
d. the requirement that three-fifths of the states must approve a constitutional amendment
Answer: a. counting slaves as three-fifths of a person when determining state population
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