Which amendment is responsible for the repeal of the 3/5 Compromise?

The 14th Amendment is the correct answer because it fundamentally altered how representation was calculated by abolishing the 3/5 Compromise. Ratified in 1868, the 14th Amendment established that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens and guaranteed that states would provide equal protection under the law and due process to all citizens.

One significant component of the 14th Amendment addresses representation in Congress, stating that representatives would be apportioned based on the whole number of persons in each state, effectively ensuring that all individuals, regardless of race or previous condition of servitude, would be counted equally. This directly overturned the 3/5 Compromise, which had allowed a state to count three-fifths of its enslaved population for representation purposes, thus reducing the political power of freed individuals.

The other amendments listed, such as the 13th, 15th, and 16th, while important in their own right, do not specifically address the repeal of the 3/5 Compromise. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote, and the 16th Amendment allowed the federal government to impose income taxes. Therefore, the