With Regard to School Desegregation, President Eisenhower

question 42

Multiple Choice

With regard to school desegregation, President Eisenhower

• A) ordered the Justice Department to speed desegregation through court suits.
• B) encouraged white resistance to the Brown decision by speaking ambiguously on the issue of federal enforcement of desegregation.
• C) refused to do anything in response to southern resistance to school desegregation.
• D) sought but failed to pass federal legislation to desegregate public schools in the South.

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pH

A scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, ranging from 0 to 14.

[HCO3-]

[HCO3-] is the chemical notation for the bicarbonate ion, a key intermediate in the carbon dioxide transport and pH balance mechanisms in living organisms.

pH

A measure of the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution, indicating its acidity or alkalinity on a scale where 7 is neutral, lower values are acidic, and higher values are basic.

K

Potassium, an essential dietary mineral and elemental metal with the atomic symbol 'K', crucial for nerve function and muscle contraction.