Question

Which of the following is accurate about the movie Birth of a Nation?

A. It made many people nostalgic for the early days of industrialization.
B. It made many people believe that industrialists were national heroes and labor unions were evil institutions.
C. It romanticized the Old South and the role of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.
D. It romanticized the early years of Reconstruction and the role of the Freedman's Bureau in the South.

Answer 1

The best option in terms of this film's impact would be that "C. It romanticized the Old South and the role of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction," since it helped stoked racist fears about change.