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.
Answer: C
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