The issue of how to account for slaves for purposes of establishing a state's representation in the House of Representatives
A) was left unresolved by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
B) was resolved by the three-fifths clause compromise at the Constitutional Convention.
C) was an issue in which northern and southern delegates immediately agreed because of their common economic interests.
D) was resolved by counting each slave as if he or she was a "white or other free Citizen or inhabitant" of the United States.
Answer: B
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