How were the goals of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution similar? a. They punished the South for seceding from the Union
b. They granted basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
c. They allowed the states to veto federal laws
d. They created a “separate but equal” society

Why would southern delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise? a) they feared that the president would eventually become "king" in the united states. b) they believed it would be insufficient in protecting the united states from invasion. c) they opposed the creation of a congress that would give states an equal number of senators. d) they wanted their full population of slaves to be counted for purposed of congressional representation.