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In Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,how does the time period of 1912 contribute to the main conflict in the novel?
Shipping was a new industry to the United States at that time period.
European people had first settled in the state of Maine at that time.
Racism against African Americans by whites was the norm at that time.
The idea of Christian charity had not been invented yet at that time period.
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Racism against African Americans by whites was the norm at that time.
Explanation: The novel is set in 1912, when racist attitudes and discriminatory policies shaped public opinion and government action. That context drives the central conflict: white townspeople and officials push to remove the Black and mixed‑race residents of Malaga Island (including Lizzie) for social and economic reasons. Turner's friendship with Lizzie forces him to confront those racist assumptions and the injustice of the planned eviction. The other choices are historically incorrect or irrelevant to the novel’s main conflict.
Explanation: The novel is set in 1912, when racist attitudes and discriminatory policies shaped public opinion and government action. That context drives the central conflict: white townspeople and officials push to remove the Black and mixed‑race residents of Malaga Island (including Lizzie) for social and economic reasons. Turner's friendship with Lizzie forces him to confront those racist assumptions and the injustice of the planned eviction. The other choices are historically incorrect or irrelevant to the novel’s main conflict.
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