Why did property qualifications for voting disproportionately affect African Americans?
A) As a group, African Americans were poorer than white people.
B) Only landownership counted toward property qualifications.
C) Officials systematically enforced the qualifications in racist ways.
D) Such qualifications were only imposed on African-American districts.
Answer: A
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