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roselinechinyere27m

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If lynching victims were predominantly male, how did black women experience white-generated violence?
 
  A) Many were subjected to rape by white men.
  B) Whites actually lynched black men and women in equal numbers.
  C) Black women were always cheated out of their earnings by whites.
  D) Black women had to endure threats of violence against their children.

Question 2

What was the stated reason given by whites for many lynchings?
 
  A) White people were afraid of blacks gaining political power.
  B) Blacks had murdered a white man.
  C) A black man had raped a white woman.
  D) Blacks had started some sort of violent protest.



Meganchabluk

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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