The text authors accuse local, state, and national authorities of "a failure of leadership" in implementing the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. What evidence demonstrates the truth of this accusation?
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: President Eisenhower believed the decision was a mistake and generally did not comment on its implementation. This likely emboldened southern resistance to implementing the decision. The result was a series of direct confrontations such as the one that occurred at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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A. Economic potential is limitless and free trade lowers prices. B. Resources are finite and should be exploited rapidly. C. Free trade between states allows nations to regulate prices for their own citizens. D. Free trade limits government income, promoting peace and liberty.
The most significant economic product for France in Indochina was what?
a. Spices. b. Rubber c. Petroleum d. Raw silk. e. Coffee.
Which of the following is not true of eighteenth-century art?
A) It found royal patrons B) It had a “cult of sensibility” C) It produced the role of art critic D) The public became more involved E) It was an age of rigid formalism