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title: "Was the three-fifths compromise necessary to achieve ratification of the constitution?"  
description: "Was the three-fifths compromise necessary to achieve ratification of the constitution?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-10-27  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
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# Was the three-fifths compromise necessary to achieve ratification of the constitution? 

Was the three-fifths [compromise](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35808/what-did-the-three-fifths-compromise-state) necessary to achieve [ratification of the constitution](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43116/why-did-federalists-support-ratification-of-the-constitution)? \
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