Read the excerpt from Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.I do not believe that any state should make a law that permits an ignorant and poverty-stricken white man to vote, and prevents a black man in the same condition from voting. Such a law is not only unjust, but it will react, as all unjust laws do, in time; for the effect of such a law is to encourage the [Black man] to secure education and property, and at the same time it encourages the white man to remain in ignorance and poverty.
Answer
A
Laws that keep the poor or uneducated from voting are unjust.
B
Laws should not keep [Black men] who are living in poverty or are uneducated from voting.
C
Unfair laws can encourage White people to stay uneducated and living in poverty.
D
All laws can lead to unintended consequences and reactions.
Explanation
Washington objects to a law that lets a poor, uneducated white man vote while denying the same right to a Black man in the same condition. His main point is that Black men should not be barred from voting on those grounds when white men are allowed to vote. He also explains that this unfair law could encourage different outcomes for Black and white people.
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