What happened in american public schools because of the decision in brown v. board of education? a. all southern schools became private so they would not have to integrate. b. school systems across the country quickly integrated. c. integration took place in some school districts but was slow to happen in others. d. no schools integrated. the nation waited for the case to be appealed.

The correct answer is C. After the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, integration took place in some school districts but was slow to happen in others.

The immediate outcome of this decision was the end of de jure racial segregation in American public education institutions (although in fact it continued for several more years in several Southern localities), when it was determined by the judges that the "Equal Protection Clause" of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution was being violated.

Yet many politicians and jurists (especially in the south) did not interpret the decision as "final" and resisted, especially since the Court did not specify the method or deadline for desegregation. A second deliberation (Brown II) was required to order that desegregation in public places (such as schools) be done more quickly and effectively.

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.