Which of the following best characterizes the response of southern white people to the efforts of former slaves to acquire an education?

A) Most were happy to send their children to integrated schools.
B) Most worried that educated African Americans would leave the South.
C) Most thought that such efforts would contribute to postwar prosperity.
D) Most considered such efforts to be pointless.


Answer: D

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