Beginning in the 1890s,progressive southerners sought to reform the electoral system in the South by
A) establishing new political parties.
B) disfranchising black voters.
C) preventing woman suffrage.
D) voting for Republican social reforms.

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Progressive southerners sought to reform the electoral system in the South by disfranchising black voters through measures such as literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses. This was done with the goal of maintaining white political power and suppressing the African American vote. The other options (establishing new political parties, preventing woman suffrage, and voting for Republican social reforms) were not major focuses of the progressive movement in the South.

Beginning in the 1890s,progressive Southerners Sought to Reform the Electoral