USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which word means the practice of keeping people of different races apart?
A
poverty
B
tolerance
C
segregation
D
disrespect
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(segrɪgeɪʃən ) uncountable noun. Segregation is the official practice of keeping people apart, usually people of different sexes, races, or religions. Racial segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional.

Detailed explanation-2: -(noun) in the sense of separation. Synonyms. separation. apartheid. discrimination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Segregation is a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, either through physical dividers or using social pressures and laws. The Latin root literally means “separated from the flock, ” and splitting a big flock of sheep into smaller groups is segregation.

Detailed explanation-4: -: a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

Detailed explanation-5: -law of segregation Add to list Share. Definitions of law of segregation. members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair. type of: Mendel’s law.

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