Analyze the 3/5ths clause (article i, section 2, paragraph 3) and explain how this provision affected the electoral college and the composition of the u. s. house of representatives.

the 3/5th clause counted 1 slave as 3/5th a person which in turn would give the southern states more Representatives (aka electoral votes).

mount st. helens in washington erupts, causing a massive avalanche and killing 57 people on this day in 1980. ash from the volcanic eruption fell as far away as minnesota. seismic activity at mount st. helens, which is 96 miles south of seattle, began on march 16.