Question

How did officials integrate schools in residential areas?
A.

By denying funds for schools that opposed integration

B.

By enrolling students into certain schools based on test scores

C.

By moving African American families into white neighborhoods

D.

By busing children to schools outside of their neighborhoods

Answer 1

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Answer 2

D, busing. At least for a while. It was extremely controversial when it was in serious implementation, from the 60s through the early 80s, as I recall. And it proved ultimately futile and stupid, as those opposed to busing simply moved out of the school districts. Indeed, busing has been blamed in part occasionally by urban researchers for "white flight" from the cities to the suburbs, which ultimately resulted in much more segregated neighborhoods and schools, and perhaps the steep decline in quality of urban education that occured at the same time. (it's hard to believe now, but in the 1950s there were a number of urban school districts, e.g. in New York City and Chicago, that had very good reputations and produced outstanding results.)

In short, it appears busing was one of those ideas that seemed clever and reasonable at the time, but which had unintended consequenecs that were the complete opposite of what was intended.