What Did Martin Luther King, Jr

question 7

Multiple Choice

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. allude to when he asked in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," "How would whites feel about…telling their children that they could not go to the segregated amusement parks advertised on television, and living in constant fear of their lives?"

• A) Racial discrimination dehumanized people.
• B) Businesses were economically motivated to adhere to racial discrimination.
• C) Discrimination and segregation were inherent values for most white Southerners in the 1960s.
• D) The only way to end segregation was through nonviolent demonstrations.

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Definitions:

Categorical Grants

Funding from the federal government to state or local governments for specific purposes and subject to detailed conditions.

New Federalism

A political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states, initiated in the 1970s.

Unfunded Mandates

Legal requirements or conditions for federal programs that are imposed by Congress on state and local governments without providing federal funding to cover the costs.

Home Rule

Home rule refers to the power granted to political subdivisions by the state to govern themselves with minimal state interference.