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Mimi

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Layla, an African American woman, is prevented from entering a public library because of the Jim Crow laws that prohibited blacks from using public facilities in the 1880s. This is an example of _____.
 
  A) reverse discrimination
  B) civil disobedience
  C) de facto segregation
  D) de jure segregation
  E) affirmative action

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of suffrage?
 
  A) It was a movement against racial discrimination.
  B) It was used by African Americans to describe their hardships.
  C) It was not initially extended to women.
  D) It referred to the right to work.
  E) It referred to gender discrimination.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C





 

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