Perceptions of blacks as inferior and dim-witted were strongly reinforced during the nineteenth century as a result of _____________.

A. the gradual replacement of white minstrels with black American minstrels
B. the financial success of white minstrels who caricaturized blacks
C. Abraham Lincoln’s praise of the minstrel show performed at his inauguration
D. the viability of minstrelsy as a profession for white actors


A. the gradual replacement of white minstrels with black American minstrels

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A. True B. False

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A. independent B. symbiotic C. adversarial D. complementary

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