The "grandfather clauses" added to state constitutions in the late nineteenth century were specifically designed to
A) unite southern poor whites and blacks on the basis of common class interests.
B) deny African Americans the right to vote.
C) help defeat Populist Party candidates in the South.
D) protect southern blacks from white violence.
B
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