The passage above is an excerpt from this. If the underlined word, which is "crisis", be substituted with the word "event" instead, this would create a tone of less intense. Answer is opt
I reckon everything but E is a correct answer.
Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Jim Crow laws were based on the theory of white supremacy and were a reaction to Reconstruction. In the depression-racked 1890s, racism appealed to whites who feared losing their jobs to blacks.