Question

Read the passage below and answer the question. Southern blacks who resisted segregation, particularly those in rural areas, lived in constant fear-fear of their employers, who vowed to fire them: fear of white "citizens' councils," who adopted policies of economic reprisal against demonstrators... We Shall overcome. Historic Places of the Movement www.nps.gov) Using context clues, what is the meaning of reprisal in the passage? payment gain retaliation resistance

Answer 1

C. retaliation ( i got it right on odyssey ware.)

Answer 2

The correct answer is retaliation

Reprisal means retaliation. African-American citizens in the south were afraid that their economic status would decline even lower than it was before and they were scared for themselves and their families. There is nothing positive about reprisal.