Question

The Three-Fifths compromise

Answer 1

Answer:

D.  increased the power of slaves states by counting 3/5 of the slaves instead of none of them.

Explanation:

The number of representatives that a state can has within the government body is influenced by the number of population that the states have. More population means that the states can send more representatives.

States with high number of representatives tend to have easier time in passing legislations that are beneficial for their perspective states.

The constitution never considered slaves as "citizens" . Therefore, the northern states argued that slaves shouldn't be considered as a population. The southern states believe the opposite.

As a result, they come into a compromise. The 3/5 compromise allowed the southern states to count the slaves as their overall population, but one slaves can only be counted as one white citizens. This increase the power of states that had a lot of slaves.