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The "New South" (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

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Line graph showing lynchings by victim race in the U.S. from 1882-1968, with black victims typically higher than white victims. Peaks around 1890-1900.

Which of the following was a significant short-term cause of the increase of lynching of Black Americans in the 1890s as shown in the graph?

  • The Ku Klux Klan

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Jim Crow Laws

  • Black political activism

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Line graph showing lynchings by victim race in the U.S. from 1882-1968, with black victims typically higher than white victims. Peaks around 1890-1900.

Which of the following organizations directly addressed the issue of the number of lynchings of Black Americans in the graph?

  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

  • Black Panther Party

  • Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Line graph showing lynchings by victim race in the U.S. from 1882-1968, with black victims typically higher than white victims. Peaks around 1890-1900.

The trend of the de-escalation of the lynching of Black Americans by the 1960s, as identified in the graph, was most directly caused by

  • The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

  • The Civil Rights Act (1964)

  • The Kerner Commission

  • The Birmingham Campaign

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