The Three-fifths Compromise
A) determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.
B) determined the ratio between free states and slave states.
C) created a bicameral legislature.
D) declared that the states would pay three-fifths of the Revolutionary War debt and the federal government would pay the rest.
E) determined that all American citizens would pay three-fifths of their incomes to the federal government in taxes every year.

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The Three-fifths Compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation. This compromise satisfied both Northern and Southern states, as the North did not want slaves to count towards representation but the South wanted them to count for taxation purposes.

The Three-Fifths Compromise