How Did White Officials Respond to the Rising Tide of Lynchings

question 11

Multiple Choice

How did white officials respond to the rising tide of lynchings in the South in the 1890s?

• A) They created a special task force to investigate lynchings.
• B) They claimed that lynching was rare or nonexistent.
• C) They did little or nothing to stop it.
• D) They passed new laws to punish members of lynch mobs.

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