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Bookmark or Share- Three-fifths compromise | Definition, Purpose, & History | BritannicaThree-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- Three-fifths Compromise - WikipediaThe Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state's total population. This count would determine: the number of seats in the House of Representatives; the number of electoral votes each state would be allocated; and how much money the states would ...
- The Three-Fifths Clause of the United States Constitution (1787)The three-fifths clause was part of a series of compromises enacted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The most notable other clauses prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories and ended U.S. participation in the international slave trade in 1807.
- Debates in the Constitutional Convention: The Three-Fifths ClauseIn considering this compromise and the arguments raised for and against it, we should keep two things in mind. At certain points in the discussion, delegates considered counting only white inhabitants fully and counting three fifths of all others, including both free and enslaved African Americans.
- 用英语表示分数的方法 - 新东方在线网络课堂用英语表示分数的方法，分数由基数词和序数词构成——分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子超过“1”时，分母用复数：. a [one] sixth = 1/6. two thirds = 2/3. three fifths = 3/5. 几点注意：. (1) 1/2 通常读作 a [one] half，一般不读作a second。. (2) 1/4 可读作 a [one] fourth，也可读 ...
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