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title: "Why was the 3/5 Compromise important?"  
description: "Why was the 3/5 Compromise important?"  
author: "valentine d'suja"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40782/why-was-the-3-5-compromise-important  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["the industrial revolution and urbanization"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was the 3/5 Compromise important?

Why was the 3/5 [Compromise](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51291/what-was-the-3-5-compromise) important?\
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