What Event Made Many Southern Black Men Think the Progressive

question 54

Multiple Choice

What event made many southern black men think the Progressive Party might not help them gain rights in America?

• A) when the Progressive Party supported the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment
• B) when the Progressives cheered news of each lynching in the South
• C) when the convention of 1912 sang the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
• D) when the Progressive Party endorsed a leading member of the KKK as a candidate for president in 1912

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