How Did Plantation Owners Strive to Convince Poor Whites to Overlook

question 44

Multiple Choice

How did plantation owners strive to convince poor whites to overlook how they were exploited by the slave economy?

• A)allowing all whites to have equal ownership over black slaves
• B)giving poor whites opportunity for equal political participation
• C)convincing poor white families to take pride in their whiteness
• D)paying all white workers a fair and livable wage

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