Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia Rose

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee and Joseph Brown of Georgia rose to political power

A) because of their membership in and identification with the planter class.
B) in the 1850s, as members of the small but influential southern Republican Party.
C) as self-proclaimed spokesmen of the common man against the great planters.
D) as proponents of gradual emancipation plans in order to destroy the "slavocracy."
E) after gaining popularity for creating public education systems in their states.