Answer:
D). It shows that there were white citizens who treated African American citizens in unjust and humiliating ways.
Explanation:
The given excerpt from 'Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry' by Mildred D. Taylor is set in 1933 which was the era of the 'Great Depression' in Mississippi. The key issues that were prevalent at the time include racism and poverty at its peak. The given excerpt displays this racial injustice and how the African Americans were humiliated and harshly treated by the white citizens of the state. The oppression was such high that African Americans find it fatal to 'stand and stick up for themselves.' Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
The Germans then shot each person, including the infants and children. Moishe only escaped because he was shot in the leg and left for dead.
I want to go to the concert, but I'm not sure if I will be able to make it.
This one uses correct comma usage to join two independent clauses, the comma goes before the coordinating conjunction (but).
The semicolon would only be used before the coordinating conjunction if in the first clause a comma was used. But that's not the case so the answer with the semicolon is thus incorrect.
