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In Fahs and Waugh's piece it mentions how Jefferson Davis did not show support for any of the candidates in the 1896 election. What might've happened if he had voiced his opinions about the candidates?- Megan Mc. | In Fahs and Waugh's piece it mentions how Jefferson Davis did not show support for any of the candidates in the 1896 election. What might've happened if he had voiced his opinions about the candidates?- Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | Baker, a postmaster in South Carolina was lynched as the United States neared the Spanish-American War. Due to the fact that he was a federal employee some blacks thought that the national government would pay more attention to it. However, the US was more concerned about the impending war. Do you think that if the country was not so close to war that the US government would have done something about Baker?- Megan MC. | ||
