USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Segregation that takes place because of a law.
A
De Facto Segregation
B
De Jure Segregation
C
Brown v. Board of Education
D
Separate, but Equal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -De jure segregation mandated the separation of races by law, and was the form imposed by slave codes before the Civil War and by Black Codes and Jim Crow laws following the war. De jure segregation was outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Detailed explanation-2: -Use the adjective de jure to describe something that exists legally, like a law which specifies that companies can’t discriminate against disabled people when they’re hiring workers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definitions of de jure segregation. segregation that is imposed by law. type of: segregation, separatism. a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Latin phrase “de jure” literally means “according to the law.” The Jim Crow Laws of the U.S. southern states from the late 1800s into the 1960s and the South African apartheid laws that separated Black people from White people from 1948 to 1990 are examples of de jure segregation.

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