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Revisionism. When I was in school I was told it was because the poor whites owned a "cracker jack box of land."
In reality, cracker means "whip cracker." Also possibly just literally a type of soda cracker which is white, but these things tend towards both being true. Or what you told the whip crackers when they ask.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(term)
From your link: "The exact history and etymology of the word is debated."