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In the decade between 1882 and 1892, lynching rose in the South by an overwhelming 200 percent, with more than 241 black people killed. Lynching was used as a means of social control to terrorize and intimidate blacks. Which cultural myth was used to justify and legitimate the practice of white mobs lynching black people? A) The economic gains of black communities caused poverty in white communities.B) The Readjusters organized whites to protect Christianity from "racial mixing."C) The government spent more money on public education for blacks.D) Black men were a dangerous threat to white women.

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