The chapter introduction tells the story of a schoolgirl and a teacher to make the point that
A. segregation had produced powerful and painful psychological barriers even for those willing to voluntarily desegregate.
B. education was an important focus of the liberal agenda for reform.
C. the civil rights movement's emphasis on integration actually proved a failure.
D. adult white southerners, steeped in racial stereotypes, could not adjust to school integration.
Answer: A
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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was one of the first:
A) white ethnologists to study Native American cultures. B) painters of the "American Primitive School." C) bestselling dime novel authors. D) female stars of a Wild West show.
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A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Benjamin Franklin. C. Thomas Paine. D. George Washington. E. James Madison.