Read the excerpt from Up from Slavery by Booker T.

Question

Washington

As a rule, I believe in universal, free suffrage, but!
believe that in the South we are confronted with
peculiar conditions that justify the protection of the
ballot in many of the states, for a while at least, either
by an education test, a property test, or by both
combined; but whatever tests are required, they should
be made to apply with equal and exact justice to both
races.

What is the main claim the author makes?

A. Education and property tests should be
requirements for some people.

B. Everyone should be allowed to vote everywhere
without discrimination.

C. Any test that is given before voting needs to be
required for all equally.

D. The South has particular conditions that need to be
taken into account.

Answer 1

The main claim the author makes is:

C. Any test that is given before voting needs to be required for all equally.

Washington stresses that any tests applied to protect the ballot must be administered with "equal and exact justice to both races."