The Extension of the Right to Vote to Poor White

question 33

Multiple Choice

The extension of the right to vote to poor white men could have posed a threat to the power of the dominant elite. How did the elite reduce that threat?

• A) They threatened to raise taxes if poor whites voted against them.
• B) They made free land, or homesteads, available to poor whites in most states.
• C) They attempted to create solidarity among whites by emphasizing racial divisions between blacks and whites.
• D) They supported public education in the belief that an educated electorate would keep the "better sort" in power.

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