Between 1889 and 1899, an average of 187 blacks were lynched each year for alleged ___________.

a. murders of white children
b. offenses against white supremacy
c. thefts of white-owned property
d. kidnappings of white women


b. offenses against white supremacy

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A) development of southern industry. B) opening of new western lands. C) increased prices for manufactured goods. D) Native American attack.

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a. de Bonald. b. Hugo. c. Schlegel. d. Schleiermacher. e. Hume.

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The Ottoman military had declined by the nineteenth century because

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