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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 most significant effect of the efforts of Americans who agreed with the perspective presented in the passage was to

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The passage is criticizing the Brown v. Board of Education decision and implying that it is slowing progress on desegregation by creating chaos and destroying relations between white and black people. The manifesto also suggests that the Supreme Court is encroaching on rights reserved for states and people, which could imply a preference for states' rights over federal intervention in desegregation. Therefore, the most significant effect of the efforts of Americans who shared this perspective was likely slowing progress on desegregation.

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