Origins of Lynching Culture NON-FICTION Assessment
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What constitutes the legal definition of lynching?

  • Killing someone in a group of at least three without legal sanction (correct)
  • Killing someone with court approval
  • Punishing someone through a formal judicial process
  • Executing someone for a criminal offense
  • Why did the NAACP take on the struggle against lynching?

  • To legalize lynching
  • To support vigilante groups
  • To make lynching a federal crime (correct)
  • To protect lynching practices
  • What historical event marked the beginning of lynching in the United States?

  • War of 1812
  • World War I
  • Civil War
  • Revolutionary War (correct)
  • Why did lynching occur during the Revolutionary War years?

    <p>Because British soldiers roamed freely in the South, making it unsafe to travel to find a courtroom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was lynching done by vigilante groups not considered illegal?

    <p>Because it was done without court or legal sanction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What scientific theory in the late 19th century perpetuated myths about the inferiority of certain groups based on social constructs and group affiliations?

    <p>Social Darwinism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which myth about black people emerged from the Social Darwinism theory in the late 19th century?

    <p>They were inferior to white people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What made lynching of black individuals a chief justification during the late 19th century?

    <p>The false accusation of rape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the black journalist and anti-lynching activist who exposed the destructive myth about black men being sexually deviant during the late 19th century?

    <p>Ida B. Wells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what state was Ida B. Wells born in 1862?

    <p>Mississippi</p> Signup and view all the answers

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