Why Was the White Primary So Effective at Preventing Minorities

question 76

Multiple Choice

Why was the white primary so effective at preventing minorities from exercising their right to vote?

• A) People who do not vote in the primary are not allowed to vote in the general election.
• B) White Democrats nominated white candidates who virtually always won the general elections in the south.
• C) It made primary elections too expensive for minorities to afford.
• D) White primaries were really organizing meetings for the Ku Klux Klan.

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