USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does segregation mean?
A
All members of Congress can vote.
B
People of different races have to be kept apart.
C
All men were created equal.
D
There is a lack of money in the world.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Segregation is the action of separating people, historically on the basis of race and/or gender. Segregation implies the physical separation of people in everyday activities, in professional life, and in the exercise of civil rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -: the act or process of segregating : the state of being segregated. : the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.

Detailed explanation-3: -Segregation is the practice of requiring separate housing, education and other services for people of color. Segregation was made law several times in 18th-and 19th-century America as some believed that Black and white people were incapable of coexisting.

Detailed explanation-4: -Segregation is the separation of allele pairs (different traits of the same gene) during meiosis so that they can transfer specifically to separate gametes. Figure 1: Maternal and paternal alleles segregating during meiosis.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the context of South Africa, the term segregation is used to describe the discrimination that existed between the white minority and black majority. It was based on racial discrimination. Segregation became a unique characteristic of social, political and economic life in South Africa.

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