Why Were American Suburbs of the 1950s So Heavily Segregated

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why were American suburbs of the 1950s so heavily segregated?

• A) African-Americans pREFerred to live in the inner cities.
• B) Neighborhoods formed around churches, and as long as churches were segregated, suburbs would remain so as well.
• C) All states had laws in place mandating the segregation of residential districts.
• D) Residents, brokers, and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages that barred sales to nonwhite residents.
• E) The federal government required segregated residential neighborhoods.

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