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Question 147998 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026

Based on the excerpt, what best summarizes the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act?

Answer

Owners and workers who separated customers by race were subject to fines or imprisonment.

Blacks and whites had to use public facilities specifically assigned by race.

Public places would no longer separate blacks and whites.

Whites were allowed to use public areas reserved for blacks, but not the other way around.

Explanation

The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act allowed public facilities and services to be reserved for particular racial groups. In practice, this meant that Black and white people had to use facilities assigned by race. Choice B best summarizes this policy; choice C describes the opposite of segregation.

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