Where Did the Word "Scapegoat" Come From

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Multiple Choice

Where did the word "scapegoat" come from?

• A) It came from medieval times when Jews were placed in ghettos and would escape from their neighborhood.
• B) Ancient Hebrews had a custom during Atonement where the priest placed his hands on the goat and recited the sins of the people. Then they allowed the goat to escape.
• C) The term developed in the South during slavery days when blacks would escape from a plantation yet still carry the burden of slavery with them.
• D) The term developed in the 1960s as child abuse research discovered that parents labeled one child and would abuse that child, who was the scapegoat for all the family's problems.

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