Trials such as those of the Scottsboro Boys and Tom Robinson have sometimes been referred to as "courtroom lynchings." What do you think
that description means? According to Klarman, what is the relationship
between the practice of lynching and these trials? What did many white
Southerners believe would happen if black defendants accused of raping
white women were found not guilty?

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.