The Three-Fifths Compromise determined that:

A. slaves were entitled to obtain their freedom by paying three-fifths of the amount of money their owners could earn by selling them.
B. southern states would be entitled to only three-fifths of their representation in Congress until they dealt with the problem of slavery.
C. large states should be allowed only three-fifths the number of congressional representatives of small states.
D. each slave would count as three-fifths of a person in state population counts to determine congressional representation.

The correct answer is D) each slave would count as a three-fifths of a person in state population counts to determine congressional representation.

The three-fifths compromise determined that each slave would count as a three-fifths of a person in state population counts to determine congressional representation.

When the Constitution was being drafted in 1787. They had to determine the states’ representation or the number of seats in the House of Representatives. The issue was who was eligible to be counted as part of the population. They decided that the slaves of any state would be counted as three-fifths of a white individual. The same situation applied for the presidential election and paying taxes.