Which issue was the top priority of Ben Tillman and the conservative Democrats in the years following the Reconstruction era?
A)
Extending the state's borders to reclaim territory that was ceded-to forth
Carolina following the Civil War:
B)
Restoring the political power and economic superiority of the white
population and disenfranchising the ex-slaves.
Rebuilding the state's economy in a manner that ensured jobs and training
for the ex-slaves as well as poor, illiterate whites.
D)
Repaying debts to Great Britain and France incurred from leasing weapons,
war material, food, and supplies from them during the war.