The majority of poor white men in the mid-nineteenth-century South would agree on which statement?
A) The South should promote agriculture.
B) They system of slavery benefitted only the rich.
C) Women workers deserved the same rights as men.
D) Planter politicians should be overthrown.

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The South heavily relied on agriculture and poor white men would have likely viewed it as important for the economy and their own livelihood. They may not have been interested in overthrowing planter politicians as they may have viewed them as the only ones capable of maintaining the agricultural system. Slavery may not have been a concern for them if they did not own slaves themselves. Women's rights may not have been on their radar as they were primarily concerned with their own economic situation.

The Majority of Poor White Men in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century South