Which of the following details from the text best support the theme that it can be dangerous to blindly follow traditions that one does not understand? question 7 options: “be a good sport, tessie, “ mrs. delacroix called, and mrs. graves said, “all of us took the same chance.” (paragraph 46) “used to be a saying about “lottery in june, corn be heavy soon.” first thing you know, we’d all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns.” (paragraph 32) “bobby martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest, roundest stones.” (paragraph 2) “although villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use the stones. “ (paragraph 74)

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.