Question

___________ is a compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting 60 percent of the slave population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.

Answer 1

Answer:

Three-fifths compromise

Explanation:

Three-fifths compromise is a compromise between northern and southern states that called for counting 60 percent of the slave population for both federal taxation and representation in Congress.

The three-fifths compromise was proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman in the 1787 constitutional convention. They proposed that the population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes.