Examine the Chapter 14 photograph of Jesse Washington, ...

[geoffrey]

Examine the Chapter 14 photograph of Jesse Washington, a17-year-old who was accused of the murder and rape of a white woman in Waco, Texas, in 1916. What does the photograph reveal to be typical of lynchings?
 
  A) Victims of lynchings were always surrounded by trees.
  B) Lynchings were often a social phenomenon, carried out before large crowds of jeering white observers.
  C) Blacks and whites would gather to aid in the lynchings of black men.
  D) Lynchings occurred only at night.

Question 2

Study Figure 14-2. What pattern is indicated regarding the frequency of lynching between 1889 and 1932?
 
  A) The frequency of lynching decreased over time.
  B) The frequency of lynching increased over time.
  C) The frequency of lynching remained the same over time.
  D) The frequency of lynching cannot be determined.

[helenmarkerine]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A

[geoffrey]

TYSM

[hramirez205]

Excellent