Base your answer on the following passage and on your knowledge of social studies. "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective Numbers. which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of yearsand excluding Indians not taxedthree fifths of all other persons." Source: Article , Section 2 United States Constitution 1787 This portion of the Constitution was most directly a result of which of the following? A ) belief in basic human rights for all people among the founders of the U. S. B) successful efforts of small states like New Jersey to influence the apportionment of representatives in Congress C) a compromise that allowed voting rights to be extended to some African - Americans D) an agreement to count slaves as twee - fifths of free people in order to give their owners more power in Congress