USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Segregation in the South was mainly based on
A
hair color
B
religion
C
race (color of the skin)
D
economic status
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: -Racial segregation existed in South Africa in the form of Apartheid. Under Apartheid, non-white Africans were forced to live in separate areas from the whites and were forced to use separate public facilities. Apartheid existed in South Africa from 1948 till the early 1990s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Segregation is made up of two dimensions: vertical segregation and horizontal segregation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Principle of Segregation describes how pairs of gene variants are separated into reproductive cells. The segregation of gene variants, called alleles, and their corresponding traits was first observed by Gregor Mendel in 1865. Mendel was studying genetics by performing mating crosses in pea plants.

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