Courts applied special doctrinal rules to Black defendants ...

[mpobi80]

Courts applied special doctrinal rules to Black defendants accused of the rape or attempted rape of White women. The social conditions and customs founded upon racial differences which the jury was to consider:
 
  a. included the assumption that Black men always and only want to rape White women
  b. included that a White woman would never consent to sex with a Black man
  c. were not applied where both persons were of color
  d. all of these answers are correct

Question 2

Many Whites accepted _______________ as an appropriate punishment for a Black man accused of raping a White woman.
 
  a. lynching
  b. corporal punishment
  c. imprisonment
  d. steep fines

[IAPPLET]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A

[mpobi80]

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[CAPTAINAMERICA]

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