Question

Which of the following was one of the two issues involving slavery in the constitution A.) How slaves would be counted for representation B.) Whether to allow men who were former slaves to vote C.) how to return slaves to Africa D.) Whether three-fifths of slaves should be free

Answer 1

The answer is A, how slaves would be counted for representation. From this arose the 3/5's compromise, which proportioned 3/5's of the slave population when delegating representatives. 

Answer 2

One of the issues involving slavery that came up in the constitution was A) How slaves would be counted for representation. This came up when delegates began discussing how to determine representation for states. The question was whether or not to count the slave population for the purpose of representation. The southern states wanted to count the slave population because they were afraid that the bigger states would have larger representation. By including the slave population in the count this would increase their representation.