Three-Fifths Compromise addressed representation and taxation by counting enslaved people as three-fifths of a person.

• A. To determine representation and taxation
• B. To abolish slavery
• C. To grant suffrage to women
• D. To establish the three branches of government

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how counting people affected political power and money for the new nation. At the constitutional convention, there was a dispute about how enslaved people should be counted to determine how many representatives a state would get in the House and how much tax the state would owe to the federal government. Southern states wanted enslaved people counted to boost their representation, while Northern states objected or had different views on taxation. The solution was to count three-fifths of the enslaved population for both representation and taxation. This link between population counts and political power in Congress is why the question focuses on determine representation and taxation. It didn’t aim to end slavery, grant women’s suffrage, or lay out the branches of government—that work comes from other parts of the Constitution and its amendments.