What was the 3/5 Compromise?
2007-09-26 14:37:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It had to do with allocation of U.S. Representatives, which is based on population. Northern states argued that slaves should not be counted for this purpose, the Southern states said they should, so the comprimise was to count them as 3/5 of a person. Very sad.
2007-09-26 14:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When doing a census, rather than counting slaves as a whole person, owners were allowed to count them as 3/5 of a person. That was important to forming congressional seat representation. The compromise was between slave owner and non-slave owner parts of the country because if slaves (who had no rights and couldn't vote) were counted as a single person, then the slave owning states would have much more respresentation in congress. Since 3/5 of the population of those states were slaves, they compromised by counting slaves as 3/5th of a person.
2007-09-26 21:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by tupi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
3/5/5? It was agreed that the sizes of the Japanese, U.S. and British Navies would be in the ratio of 3/5/5. This was not Japan's idea and the slight they felt at not being treated as an equal was a contributing factor in their involvement in World War II.
2007-09-26 21:47:26 · answer #3 · answered by Tom K 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yo its me-- its very sad? its the best deal the blacks ever got at that time. i dont regret slavery any more than any other black mark on our or any other countries past.
putting todays standards on the good folks of our past is very sad.give m a break already.
2007-09-26 21:51:22 · answer #4 · answered by francis g 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋