Question

Which of the following is the best reason for why the civil war did not completely end racial segregation in america?

Answer 1

All answers to this Assignment.
1. C) Racial attitudes and policies had been a part of American life for a long time and were not going to change easily.
2. D) Federal boarding school were created to Americanized Native American children.
3. A, C, D. Guatemala, México, Puerto Rico
4. B) Asian Americans have been subject to discriminatory legislation and executive orders

Answer 2

The correct answer is  C) Racial attitudes and policies had been a part of American life for a long time and were not going to change easily.

Before slavery was made illegal thanks to the 13th amendment, there was a long history of racial segregation and racial superiority in America. From the first slaves (brought over during the early 1600's) to the end of the Civil War, many Americans were taught that African-Americans were inferior. Thanks to the Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sandford, enslaved Africans were even considered property at one point in American history.

This long history of painting African-Americans as inferior was not going to change overnight. Rather, many southererns kept these types of views and passed them on from generation to generation.