What Was the Predominant Reason Southern Whites Used the Practice

question 2

Multiple Choice

What was the predominant reason southern whites used the practice of lynching during the New South era?

• A)To protest mob rule such as that imposed during the Wilmington Insurrection
• B)To assault blacks in secret outside of the public eye to avoid legal ramifications
• C)To punish criminals because the courts were not tough enough on them
• D)To exert social, economic, and political control on southern blacks
• E)To protest the terms of the Jim Crow laws

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