Question

Why did members of the urban middle class in Brazil protest the coffee elite in the 1920s?

A) Brazilian citizens drank more coffee than any other country.

B) Brazil ended up with excess coffee that the government bought to help the economy.

C) Growing coffee was a way to keep citizens busy and prevent protests.

D) The government was controlled by the elite landowners who grew coffee.

Answer 1

d government was controleld by the elite landowners who grew coffee. The first presidents were elected by rich landowners that grew coffee and that is why the first brazilian presidents were called coffee presidents (look it up its interesting) 

Answer 2

D) The government was controlled by the elite landowners who grew coffee.

Step-by-step explanation:

The financial power of the rural aristocracies of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, growing during the previous century, had allowed its politicians to acquire national projection. In this way, the politics of the coffee with milk ("Política do Café com Leite" in Portuguese. A name given by historians to the political behavior of the country back then) consolidated the power of the more affluent families, forming the oligarchies. Those from the state of São Paulo and the state of Minas Gerais occupied the positions of President of the Republic, Vice President and Ministries of Justice, of the Finance and the Agriculture, among others.