To reconcile the fundamental tension between equality and opportunity, Americans in the final analysis committed to
A. equality of opportunity.
B. political means to achieve the end of equal economic conditions.
C. political equality, but economic inequality.
D. equality of condition for native-born whites by denying opportunity to blacks, Indians, and immigrants.
Answer: A
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