3/5ths compromise

Yes

No

Yes, because it would help the southern states to get more representatives

No, because it would help the northern states to get more representatives

No, because they did not want enslaved people to become representatives

Yes, because southern states could abolish slavery

They feared that it would lead to the abolition of slavery

They feared that it would an unfair advantage to the southern states

They feared that they would lose representatives because they didn't have an enslaved population

A decision that 3/5ths of enslaved people would count towards population when determining state representation and taxation

A decision that 3/5ths of enslaved people would allowed to be representatives in Congress

A decision that 3/5ths of all representatives would be allowed to vote in Congress

Disagreements between the small and large states

Disagreements between the wealthy and poor states

Disagreements between the northern and southern states

Disagreements between the eastern and western states

That slavery would be banned in the U.S. by 1808

That the Transatlantic Slave Trade would be banned in the U.S. by 1808

That slavery could exist but only in the southern states

That 3/5ths of enslaved people counted in population for representation purposes