Question

The 1915 film The Birth of a Nation was ___________.

• A. condemned for its depiction of the Founding Fathers as racists by adopting the Three-Fifths Compromise
• B. strongly supported by the women's movement because of its portrayal of the suffrage movement of the nineteenth century
• C. controversial because it promoted white supremacy and portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as heroic
• D. strongly condemned by President Wilson because of its racism
• E. the highest-grossing movie of the time because it effectively used sound for the first time

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

controversial because it promoted white supremacy and portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as heroic

The 1915 film The Birth of a Nation was controversial because it promoted white supremacy and portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as heroic.