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What is true about the number of lynchings in the South over the period 18891932?
 
  A) Two or three people were lynched, on average, every week for thirty years.
  B) It was actually very small, although the black press constantly reported false occurrences.
  C) About ten people were lynched daily, in the South alone.
  D) No statistics were ever kept about the numbers of lynchings.

Question 2

What do the actions of Homer Plessy tell us about black people and segregation?
 
  A) Blacks were very afraid of the KKK during this period.
  B) Blacks were testing the laws by getting arrested and trying cases in court.
  C) Blacks would risk being sent to jail rather than test segregation laws.
  D) Blacks would protest with outright violence and murder when provoked.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




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Reply 2 on: Aug 9, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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