What Were the Actual Reasons for Many Lynchings

question 73

Multiple Choice

What were the actual reasons for many lynchings?

• A) In many cases, blacks had committed crimes, and whites were impatient for justice.
• B) Many times, blacks who were lynched had competed economically with whites.
• C) Lynchings occurred only because the lowest element of white society felt threatened by blacks.
• D) Often, blacks who were lynched had started some sort of violent protest in urban areas.

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