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imanialler

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A legal form of segregation in U.S. cities is achieved through
 
  A) blockbusting.
  B) redlining.
  C) zoning.
  D) greenbelts.
  E) busing.

Question 2

The strongest criticism of suburbs argued that historically
 
  A) low-income people and minorities are unable to live in some areas because of the high cost of the housing, the unfriendliness (or discrimination) of established residents, and fears that property values would decline if minorities were allowed to buy property there.
  B) low-income people and minorities are able to live in some areas because of the low cost of the housing, the friendliness of established residents, and the myth that property values would decline if minorities were allowed to buy property there.
  C) legal devices, such as requiring several small houses to sit on a large lot of land amid several different apartments, prevented low-income families from living in many suburbs.
  D) low-income people and minorities are unable to live in some areas because of the high cost of the private schools there, the unfriendliness of African American and Hispanic minorities there, and the fear that property values would not change if other minorities were allowed to buy property there.
  E) they encouraged the buying and selling of too many automobiles.


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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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