Why Did the Fight Over Busing Become So Violent in Boston

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Multiple Choice

Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s?

• A) In Boston, the racial divisions were between African-Americans and Puerto Ricans as well as whites.
• B) The African-American community in Boston consisted only of very recent migrants from the South.
• C) Boston's politicians called on local residents to fight the busing order by all means necessary.
• D) Boston's tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently.
• E) Boston was widely understood to have the best public school system in the country.

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