How was the three-fifths compromise like the great compromise? a. it gave states the power to determine their own populations. b. it determined how states would be represented in congress. c. it became a way for northern states to gain more representation. d. it determined that states would have equal representation in the senate.

The great compromise:  there would be two houses in congress. One house, the senate, all thirteen states would have an equal number of votes ( New Jersey Plan) and the other house, the house of representatives, would have representation based on population on each state (Virginia Plan).

The Great Compromise created two houses in the legislature.

The Three-Fifths compromise:  South wanted to count their slaves as part of their slaves as part of population, the north did not believe they should be counted. The compromise was that a slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person.

The Three-Fifths Compromise solved the issue of representing enslaved people in Congress.

The three-fifths compromise solved the issue of  how to count enslaved people for congressional representation.

The answer is B