The era of the New South

a. was very much like the South in the years before the Civil War.
b. emerged as a time of growing economic opportunities for blacks and poor whites.
c. saw a marked drop in the development of urban centers in the South.
d. was characterized by the persistence of rural poverty and racial divisiveness.


ANS: d

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