Which factor accounts for the emergence of the black civil rights movement in the late 1950s?
a. An increase in biological racist ideas after World War II
b. A decrease in economic opportunities for blacks, beginning in the 1930s and continuing during and after World War II
c. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, invalidating the separate but equal doctrine
d. A radical turnaround on the part of most whites to open up various societal institutions to blacks
Question 2
How did the Jim Crow era differ from the slavery era?
a. In the Jim Crow era, the roles of blacks and whites were complementary.
b. In the Jim Crow era, a separate set of institutions was built to serve blacks.
c. In the slavery era, blacks had their own set of institutions.
d. In the slavery era, there was no segregation.