What was the main purpose of the three-fifths compromise?

a. to increase the power of northern states in congress

b. to increase the power of southern states in congress

c. to divide power between branches of government

d. to divide power between federal and state governments

B. to increase the power of southern states in Congress.

Explanation:

The 3/5 compromise was the ability to count 3/5th of a state slaves to count as one citizen, which would help make congress more "proportional" & giving the south more power. This is because the South had a smaller citizen population, & adding the slave population would even the playing fields within the government.

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the younger son of the frankish prince charles martel and his wife rotrude, pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of st. denis. succeeding his father as the mayor of the palace in 741, pepin reigned over francia jointly with his elder brother carloman. pepin ruled in neustria, burgundy, and provence, while his brother carloman established himself in austrasia, alemannia and thuringia. the brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the bavarians, aquitanians, saxons, and the alemanni in the early years of their reign. in 743, they ended the frankish interregnum by choosing childeric iii, who was to be the last merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the franks.