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Who Were the Dixiecrats

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Who were the Dixiecrats?


A) They were states' rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life."
B) They bolted the Democratic party and supported Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election.
C) They formed the core of President Truman's support in the solid South during the 1948 election.
D) They were Northerners who moved to the south in the postwar years to build new industries and take advantage of cheap labor.
E) They were the leftwing Democrats who joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party in 1948.

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