Which of the Following Factors Contributed Most to the Transition

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors contributed most to the transition of poor yet vibrant African American communities of the 1940s into the abandoned,violent ghettos of the 1980s?

• A)civil rights protests and the resulting legislation that benefited only well-educated African Americans in upscale communities
• B)increased in-fighting among African American leaders and confusion and division among African American communities largely because of the civil rights movement
• C)loss of manufacturing jobs,mass unemployment,a shortage of male breadwinners,increase in single-parent families,and the exit of middle-class African Americans families
• D)loss of pride among African Americans and decrease in the sense of shared ethnicity and community

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