Which plan determined how enslaved people would be counted for representation?

• A. Taxation powers
• B. Currency regulation
• C. Representation in Congress
• D. Appointment of judges

Answer: (C)

The key idea is how population counts translated into seats in the new legislative body. At the Constitutional Convention, there was a disagreement over how enslaved people would be counted when determining a state's number of representatives in Congress. The plan that resolved this issue—often called the Three-Fifths Compromise—counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation (and, historically, for taxation as well). This directly ties enslaved people to representation in Congress because the count determines how many seats a state gets in the House. So the choice that focuses on representation in Congress is the one that matches the question. The other topics—taxation powers, currency regulation, and appointment of judges—do not address how enslaved people were counted for representation.