Answer: The correct answer is : A. Malthus's eighteenth century theories apply to similar circumstances today
Explanation: The population theory held by Thomas Malthus was that the human population would outstrip its resources, then suffer starvation and misery. Malthusianism is the demographic, sociopolitical and economic theory developed by Malthus during the industrial revolution.
Economic exploitation, social terror and political disenfranchisement were the push factors. The political push factors being Jim Crow, and in particular, disenfranchisement. Black people lost the ability to vote.
