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"This unwarranted exercise of power by the court [in Brown v.Board of Education] contrary to the Constitution,is creating chaos and confusion in the states principally affected. It is destroying the amicable relations between the white and Negro races that have been created through ninety years of patient effort by the good people of both races… Without regard to the consent of the governed,outside agitators are threatening immediate and revolutionary changes in our public school systems…We decry the Supreme Court's encroachments on rights reserved to the states and to the people,contrary to established law and to the Constitution."
Manifesto of One Hundred Members of the U.S.Congress,1956
-The message presented in this passage underscores which of the following developments of the post-World War II era?

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The passage is describing the backlash against the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which mandated desegregation in public schools. The reference to "the amicable relations between the white and Negro races" being destroyed highlights the issue of white resistance to racial integration. This was a significant development in the post-World War II era and led to events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Little Rock Nine crisis. The passage does not refer to gender equality, antiwar protests, or conservatism.

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