Question

the three - fifths compromise
a) determined that all american citizens would pay three - fifths of their incomes to the federal government in taxes every year.
b) created a bicameral legislature.
c) determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.
d) determined the ratio between free states and slave states.
e) declared that the states would pay three - fifths of the revolutionary war debt and the federal government would pay the rest.

Explanation:

The Three - fifths Compromise at the U.S. Constitutional Convention decided that for the purposes of representation and taxation, three - fifths of the slave population would be counted. This was a compromise between the northern and southern states.

Answer:

C. determined that three out of every five slaves would be counted for purposes of representation and taxation.