Desegregating Schools in Northern States Proved to Be Difficult Because

question 11

Multiple Choice

Desegregating schools in northern states proved to be difficult because

• A) very few minorities lived in the North.
• B) segregation in the North was generally de facto, the product of both segregated housing and acts of private discrimination that were hard to prove.
• C) discrimination in the South was so visible and pervasive that little attention had been given to other parts of the country.
• D) there was less hostility toward segregation in the North.
• E) there was less tax revenue to fund integration efforts in the North than in the South.

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