The Three-Fifths Compromise Did All of the Following EXCEPT

question 68

Multiple Choice

The Three-Fifths Compromise did all of the following EXCEPT

• A)illustrate the power of the southern states at the convention.
• B)partially apportion the House of Representatives and the electoral college on the basis of property.
• C)give African Americans representation that was equal to what free whites received.
• D)give more voting power to southern slave owners.
• E)fail to address the slave trade directly.

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