Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. All vigilante groups are the same.
2. Each type of vigilante group is a liberal organization in the sense that it doesn’t try to subvert law and order; rather all types of vigilante groups try to enforce it, though each has a different goal in mind as it engages in violence.
3. African Americans were the only victims of lynch mobs in the United States.
4. Vigilantism can be defined as an organized internal legal movement in which the participants take the law into their own hands.
5. Vigilantes believe that the government does a good job of protecting traditional rights.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE

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