How Did the Slaveholding Gentry Dominate Eighteenth-Century Virginia Politics

question 5

Multiple Choice

How did the slaveholding gentry dominate eighteenth-century Virginia politics?

• A) They paid poor whites for their vote.
• B) They violently intimidated their opponents.
• C) Slaves voted according to their masters.
• D) Voting requirements favored the wealthy.

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