"Massive Resistance" was the 1954 plan by Virginia Senator Harry Flood Byrd to
A) prevent thousands of anti-war protesters from demonstrating in Richmond.
B) refuse to comply with the Supreme Court ruling to integrate public schools.
C) keep Communist sympathizers from getting jobs in the U.S. State Department.
D) challenge the election returns that saw Dwight Eisenhower become President.

Respuesta :

"Massive Resistance" was the 1954 plan by Virginia Senator Harry Flood Byrd to refuse to comply with the Supreme Court ruling to integrate public schools.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Harry Flood Byrd was a conservative democrat who was against the integration of public schools. Despite the order of the court, he refused to comply. This resulted in a huge number of people protesting for it, topped with racial discrimination happening in the state.

The massive Resistance movements was called by Harry Flood Byrd to prevent the  public schools integration in Virginia. Harry Flood Byrd also came up with something called as the Southern Manifesto which was against the integration of schools, although it had a massive support from the Congress.

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