What is "white flight," and how did this process help determine the socioeconomic and racial character of U.S. suburbs in the immediate post–World War II years?
What will be an ideal response?
White flight is the migration of whites with European ancestry from urban regions that are racially mixed to mostly white suburbs or exurbs.
Soldiers returning from World War II were encouraged to buy houses through the GI Bill of Rights. Many soldiers had young families, were starting new careers or training, and sought somewhere with a low crime rate, good schools, and gainful employment. This, plus local codes in many suburbs restricting sale to minorities led to mostly white suburban areas and exurban areas that were middle class.
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A) The highest elevation streams can be found. B) The downward limit of erosion. C) The transition from a straight channel stream to a meandering stream. D) The gradient line along the longitudinal profile of the stream.
Extreme high temperatures are higher in: a. oceanic areas
b. None of these choices are correct. c. dry climates. d. humid climates.
Brightly colored antique children's toys from before 1970 may be colored with paints that are contaminated with
A) heavy metals. B) toxic plastic compounds. C) synthetic organic compounds. D) synthetic inorganic compounds.
Which one of the following represents a way to reduce point-source pollution contributing to cultural eutrophication?
A) Increase the use of vegetated waterways B) Increase the use of contour farming and crop rotation C) Remove nutrients from sewage-treatment effluents D) Include runoff detention ponds in subdivisions