26. The House of Representatives uses population to determine representation. Would the North South have an advantage in the House of Representatives? Why?

Yes.Southern delegates argued that their slaves counted in the population, yielding them more Representatives. Northern delegates countered that slaves were property and should not be counted at all. The result was the notorious “Three-Fifths Compromise,” where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a free person

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