Why did South Carolina's leaders support the Three-Fifths Compromise during the Constitutional Convention?
A)To increase their population, states could add three-fifths of enslaved people to
population counts
B)To improve their economy, states would only be taxed on three-fifths of
products imported into their states.
C)To ensure ratification, it allowed for only three-fifths of the states to give
approval to pass the Constitution.
D)To gain support from the lower classes, only three-fifths of a state's population
would be required to pay taxes.