Which of the following was a ramification of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A) It allowed for a political agreement between the North and the South.
B) It exacerbated conflicts between merchants and planters.
C) It allowed for a political agreement between large states and small states.
D) It permanently outlawed the slave trade.
E) It temporarily outlawed slavery.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed for a political agreement between the North and the South by counting slaves as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in Congress. This compromise helped to reconcile the interests of the slaveholding Southern states and the antislavery Northern states, and it paved the way for the adoption of the United States Constitution.

Which of the Following Was a Ramification of the Three-Fifths