Why was there a partial federal government shutdown in 1996? a) terrorists threats led to the shutdown. b) a budget agreement could not be reached. c) the energy crisis forced the government to shut some offices to conserve power. d) the constitution calls for a partial shut down every 20 years.

Which of the following selections is least useful for supporting the claim that states intentionally built unequal school systems? question 1 options: the supreme court ruling in plessy v. ferguson (1896) wrote into law that america had two separate societies: one black and one white. it was very clear by the mid-1900s that southern states had expertly built separate educational systems. these schools, however, were never equal. states with laws keeping schools segregated never gave equal amounts of money to their black and white schools. ten years after brown, fewer than 10 percent of southern public schools had integrated. some areas did not comply at all.