Schools that were segregated mainly because of housing patterns is an example of

a. desegregation.
b. de jure segregation.
c. de facto segregation.
d. civil disobedience.
e. nonviolent direct action.


ANS: C

Political Science

You might also like to view...

Selection of committee chairpersons in each chamber of Congress is most often based on which of the following?

A. The party of the president B. Which party holds the majority in the chamber C. Seniority D. Balancing power between the two parties E. Longstanding traditions of assigning certain positions to members from certain districts or states

Political Science

A z-test uses the __________ distribution to test statistical significance.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Political Science

The commitment of northern Republicans to Reconstruction in the South waned after which of the following?

A. an economic recession led to many Republican losses in the 1874 election B. the rise of the Ku Klux Klan C. African Americans began voting overwhelmingly for Democrats starting with the 1890 election D. the outbreak of World War I

Political Science

Which of the following is NOT considered illegal discrimination?

A) setting different ages at which men and women legally become adults B) barring girls from Little League baseball teams C) paying coaches of girls' sports differently than the coaches of boys' sports D) requiring women to take mandatory pregnancy leaves E) allowing women to remain military officers longer than men without being promoted

Political Science