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South Carolina’s Fight Over School Segregation
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Why did South Carolina pass its first statewide sales tax?
The sales tax was used for building and improving schools for all students.
The sales tax was used to support the lawsuit Briggs v. Elliott.
The sales tax was used to hire teachers at African American schools.
The sales tax was used to fund schools for White students.
Which points made by the speaker support the claim that South Carolina attempted to equalize its schools? Select all that apply.
Briggs v. Elliott went to the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the five cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education.
South Carolina collected tax money to improve schools for both African American and White students.
South Carolina constructed and improved over 700 schools throughout the 1950s.
South Carolina school districts viewed the education of African American students as unimportant.
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1. Why did South Carolina pass its first statewide sales tax?
- The sales tax was used for building and improving schools for all students.
2. Which points made by the speaker support the claim that South Carolina attempted to equalize its schools? Select all that apply.
- Briggs v. Elliott went to the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the five cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education.
- South Carolina collected tax money to improve schools for both African American and White students.
- South Carolina constructed and improved over 700 schools throughout the 1950s.
- The sales tax was used for building and improving schools for all students.
2. Which points made by the speaker support the claim that South Carolina attempted to equalize its schools? Select all that apply.
- Briggs v. Elliott went to the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the five cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education.
- South Carolina collected tax money to improve schools for both African American and White students.
- South Carolina constructed and improved over 700 schools throughout the 1950s.