According to Ida B

question 53

Multiple Choice

According to Ida B. Wells, lynching was a problem rooted in

• A) economics and the shifting social structure of the South.
• B) attacks on white women by black men in the South and the North.
• C) attacks on black women by white men who employed them as domestics.
• D) The concept of separate spheres, particularly in the South.

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Definitions:

Social Groups

Collections of individuals who interact with each other, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity or identity.

Radiation

The release or conveyance of energy as waves or particles across space or within a material medium.

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The period of Earth’s history from the formation of the crust approximately 4 billion years ago, until 2.5 billion years ago; life originated during the Archaean.

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