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Lynching
Lynching
Lynching
Word Power
Find out the precise meaning of the words underlined in this reading- can you use each of them
correctly in an original sentence? How does knowing the meaning of the words enhance your
understanding and appreciation for what Mark Twain wrote in “The United States of Lyncherdom”?
Research
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Question
1. Examine the map that shows
the incidents of lynching in the
United States from 1882-1968.
1. Research and report on the life and work What conclusions can you make
of Ida B. Wells. about these occurrences in our
2. Research the life of Leonidas C. Dyer, Republican country?
Congressman from St. Louis, MO.
2. Look at the picture of the pin
3. Research and report on the circumstances of the
August 19, 1901 lynching in Pierce City, MO that spurred Mark Twain
asking for “Build Democracy” in
to write “The United States of Lyncherdom.” America and find the abbreviation
4. Research the incidence of lynching since the passage of the Civil “N.A.A.C.P.” What does it stand
Rights Act of 1964- how recently, and frequently have they occurred? for, and what is the early history
of it?