Late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century southern juries __________
A) usually included one or two black members
B) almost never convicted white people accused of crimes against black people
C) were less prejudiced than is often supposed
D) were selected by the state governor and his aids
Answer: B
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A) it was justified by the Bible. B) slaves were better off than northern "wage slaves." C) the Constitution explicitly protected slavery. D) might makes right.
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