What Was the Three-Fifths Compromise

Multiple Choice

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

A) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to amend the constitution.
B) A three-fifths majority would be necessary to appoint members of the Supreme Court.
C) Three states would be "slave states," five states would be "free states," and the remaining states would be able to decide their own fate after 1820.
D) Five slaves would count as the equivalent of three "free persons" for purposes of taxes and representation.
E) An agreement reached by three-fifths of the states to revoke the Articles of Confederation and install the Constitution.