Answer: B. only <em>three-fifths</em> of the enslaved population would be counted when calculating each state's representation in Congress.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The question was whether the slave population would count when determining a state total's population number, which would be used to determine the number of seats that each state would have in the House of Representatives.
The compromise that was reached was to count every three out of five slaves as a person for this purpose. It gave the Southern states a third more seats in Congress than if slaves had been ignored.
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when the Americans found out that Germany had contraction camps.
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Answer:
Congress
Explanation:
The United States government consisted of three branch.
- The Legislative branch - that is responsible to create laws/legislations.
- The Executive branch -that is responsible to implement those laws/legislations
- The Judicial branch - that is responsible to interpret laws.
Congress is a part of the legislative branch. They are involved in the creation of any form of laws/legislations that are passed by US government. This include the amendments within the constitution.
Polk believed that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand
entire continent as part of its Manifest Destiny. He believed that the war with
Mexico fitted well with that vision.
When the U.S. won it took over several territories from the Mexicans.