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Question 27 • LPS CR - US History - A

Read this quote from Walter Rauschenbusch.“The preventable decimation of the people is social murder.”Rauschenbusch believed that

Answer
A
many less fortunate people became ill and died unnecessarily.
B
a preventable disease was wiping out large segments of the population.
C
the death rate of the less fortunate was about the same as other economic groups.
D
immigrants likely became ill after being exposed to new diseases in America.

Explanation

“Preventable decimation” means that many people were becoming ill and dying even though their deaths could have been avoided. Rauschenbusch called this “social murder” to emphasize that social conditions caused unnecessary deaths, especially among people who were less fortunate. Therefore, choice A is correct.

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