Which of these issues did the Three-Fifths Compromise tackle? states' representation in Congress based on slave population/ land distribution among states in the Old Northwest /mechanism for electing the president checks and balances on the president

The three-fifths compromise was basically congress deeming that a slave was three fifths of a person. So I do believe that it is the first one: States representation in congress based on slave population

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ablazeneed ablazeneed · Answer 2 · 2019-03-15T21:43:21+01:00

The correct answer is "states' representation in Congress based on the slave population".

The issue of state representation in Congress was an issue among the states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Smaller states demanded equal representation, as larger states demanded proportional representation according to the population.

Another further issue was how to deal with the slave population regarding representation. As a solution to this, the Three-Fifths compromise was signed. The document stated that an African American would count as three-fifths of a white person at the moment of counting votes for electoral purposes.