How were the members of the Bourbon Triumvirate similar? Select all that apply.

Question

A.
All three supported raising taxes.

B.
All three were white supremacists.

C.
All three were originally from the North.

D.
All three supported industrial development.

E.
All three were opponents of Jim Crow laws.

Answer 1

The members of the Bourbon Triumvirate were similar in the following ways:

B. All three were white supremacists.

D. All three supported industrial development.

The Bourbon Triumvirate consisted of three prominent Georgia politicians—Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon—who were influential during the Reconstruction era and supported white supremacy and industrial development in the South. They were not opponents of Jim Crow laws, as they actually supported policies that enforced segregation and disenfranchised Black voters. They also were not originally from the North; rather, they were all from the South.