Read the excerpt from Robert Kennedy’s speech and then answer the question. What is Kennedy describing in this excerpt?

the escalation of the Vietnam War

the declining power of the United States

the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

the growing conflict between the American people and the government

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.