The three-fifths clause in the U.S. Constitution:
a. expired in the year 1808 because of a key sectional compromise at the Constitutional Convention.
b. gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.
c. requires that all revenue bills receive a three-fifths affirmative vote in the U.S. House.
d.made it easier to amend the Constitution than it had been to amend the Articles of Confederation.
Ans: b. gave the white South greater power in national affairs than the size of its free population warranted.
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