According to recent research by the Economic Policy Institute, school districts which serve mostly Black and minority students receive how much funding compared to districts that serve mostly white students?

Question

(1 point)
Responses

as much as 6 percent less

as much as 6 percent more

as much as 16 percent less

as much as 16 percent more

Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, what has been the HIGHEST percentage of Black voter turnout in a Presidential election?

(1 point)
Responses

62 percent

75 percent

83 percent

91 percent

A student researching twentieth century white philanthropists who assisted the Black community should research which person?

(1 point)
Responses

Julius Rosenwald

Benjamin Banneker

George Washington Carver

Granville Woods

Which two election years had the highest percentage of Black voter turnout since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed?

(1 point)
Responses

1980 and 1984

1992 and 1996

2008 and 2012

2016 and 2020

Which is the MOST precise example of an achievement gap for a community?

(1 point)
Responses

a community with fewer local public libraries

a community with only expensive, lower-quality food

a community with public transportation

a community with higher numbers of high-school dropouts

Which of these factors is generally a key driver of economic advancement for communities in the United States?

(1 point)
Responses

living in a more rural location

decreased population numbers

less geographic dispersal

increased educational attainment

What is the average rate of high school graduation in America?

(1 point)
Responses

60 percent

70 percent

80 percent

90 percent

What would be MOST expected for a group that has been subjugated?

(1 point)
Responses

high participation in elections

lack of representation in rulership

large amounts of amassed wealth

robust education facilities

Which government bureau, established in 1865, was responsible for establishing schools for formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction?

(1 point)
Responses

Freedmen’s Bureau

Bureau of Negro Affairs

Urban Development Bureau

Bureau of Literacy

Based on the meaning of “attainment,” which type of status would be “attained”?

(1 point)
Responses

redhead

left-handed

Hispanic

high school graduate

Which is the MOST central reason for why enslaved Americans were prohibited from learning how to read?

(1 point)
Responses

to disempower them and prevent resistance

to provide “evidence” of their intellectual inferiority

to distance them from their native African culture

to force them to listen to religious sermons

Which is the MOST precise example of an opportunity gap for a community?

(1 point)
Responses

a community with elevated police presence

a community with lower life expectancies

a community with high unemployment

a community with underfunded schools

Which phenomenon MOST encouraged the wave of public school closures (and opening of private schools) in the South in the mid-1900s?

(1 point)
Responses

the Great Depression

Brown v. Board of Education

the Great Migration

Plessy v. Ferguson

Which event is the MOST likely cause for the passing of many anti-literacy laws in the 1830s?

(1 point)
Responses

the passage of the Fugitive Negro Act

Benjamin Banneker’s objection to the slave trade

the start of the Great Depression

Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in Virginia

In terms of local funding for schools, which phenomenon would MOST directly reduce the amount of money schools have access to (per student)?

(1 point)
Responses

increase in tourism spending

increase in income tax rates

decline in the police force

decline in property values

GPT-4o mini · Answer

Here are the suggested responses based on the context provided:

According to recent research by the Economic Policy Institute, school districts which serve mostly Black and minority students receive how much funding compared to districts that serve mostly white students?
- as much as 16 percent less
Since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, what has been the HIGHEST percentage of Black voter turnout in a Presidential election?
- 62 percent
A student researching twentieth-century white philanthropists who assisted the Black community should research which person?
- Julius Rosenwald
Which two election years had the highest percentage of Black voter turnout since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed?
- 2008 and 2012
Which is the MOST precise example of an achievement gap for a community?
- a community with higher numbers of high-school dropouts
Which of these factors is generally a key driver of economic advancement for communities in the United States?
- increased educational attainment
What is the average rate of high school graduation in America?
- 80 percent
What would be MOST expected for a group that has been subjugated?
- lack of representation in rulership
Which government bureau, established in 1865, was responsible for establishing schools for formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction?
- Freedmen’s Bureau
Based on the meaning of “attainment,” which type of status would be “attained”?
- high school graduate
Which is the MOST central reason for why enslaved Americans were prohibited from learning how to read?
- to disempower them and prevent resistance
Which is the MOST precise example of an opportunity gap for a community?
- a community with underfunded schools
Which phenomenon MOST encouraged the wave of public school closures (and opening of private schools) in the South in the mid-1900s?
- Brown v. Board of Education
Which event is the MOST likely cause for the passing of many anti-literacy laws in the 1830s?
- Nat Turner’s slave rebellion in Virginia
In terms of local funding for schools, which phenomenon would MOST directly reduce the amount of money schools have access to (per student)?
- decline in property values

These responses should fit the given questions based on socio-economic studies and historical contexts.