The Extension of the Right to Vote to Poor White

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.