Which statement about the South after 1890 is FALSE?

a. Whites feared that northerners and the federal government would abolish the Jim Crow laws.

b. Populists in some states openly courted black votes.

c. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used extensively to disfranchise blacks.

d. Segregation policies were upheld by court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson.

e. The elimination of black voting rights could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North.

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Willow Chapman

16 November, 15:04

Which statement about the South after 1890 is FALSE?

a. Whites feared that northerners and the federal government would abolish the Jim Crow laws.

b. Populists in some states openly courted black votes.

c. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used extensively to disfranchise blacks.

d. Segregation policies were upheld by court cases like Plessy v. Ferguson.

e. The elimination of black voting rights could not have been accomplished without the approval of the North.

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Eric Weiss · Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is : a. Whites feared that northerners and the federal government would abolish the Jim Crow laws.

Explanation: In the 1890s the civil war was remembered as the white north and south moved toward reconciliation. War of "brother against brother" both sides fought for noble causes local rights on the part of the south, preservation of the union for the North.