African Americans in the South Were Lynched After the Civil

question 56

Multiple Choice

African Americans in the South were lynched after the Civil War.Between 1882 and 1930,more lynchings occurred in years when cotton prices were low and economic frustration was presumably high.This suggests that prejudice can be partly explained by ________.

• A)chauvinism.
• B)the just-world hypothesis.
• C)displaced aggression.
• D)antisemitism.

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