Which of the following statements about "lynch law" is LEAST accurate?

A) Although it was especially prevalent in the South,lynching was also a problem in the Midwest.
B) Most lynchings were justified on the ground that the murdered men had raped or threatened to rape white women.
C) Many more persons were lynched in the last fifteen years of the nineteenth century than in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century,but the tallies in both periods numbered more than a thousand.
D) Lynching was notably more common in the Deep South than it was in the Upper South or the Southwest.

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Bre'Ana Allen · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The statement that most lynchings were justified on the ground that the murdered men had raped or threatened to rape white women is the least accurate. While this was a common justification, lynchings were often motivated by a broader range of racial, economic, and social factors, not solely accusations of sexual assault.

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