What impact did fair housing and employment legislation, passed from the 1940s through the 1960s, have on African and Mexican Americans?
a. African American and Mexican American residents remained in the urban core to take advantage of employment opportunities in the industries that remained there.
b. Discriminatory real estate and housing practices kept African American and Mexican American residents in the decaying urban core while job opportunities also declined as many industries relocated to the suburbs.
c. Housing and job opportunities both improved for a significant minority of African Americans and Mexican Americans.
d. The laws were passed too late to have a positive effect on Mexican Americans and African Americans.
b
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a. stained glass windows b. ribbed vaults and pointed arches c. flying buttresses d. thick walls e. extensive use of colored light
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A) Brazil and sugar B) south Africa and wheat C) India and cotton D) Japan and spices E) Peru and silver
The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the
A. United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey. B. Truman Doctrine. C. creation of a unified West Germany. D. Marshall Plan. E. establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.