State legislatures used to be set up exactly like congress. Each county got more representatives for more population and an even number of representatives in the senate. The states were sovereign so they formed the United States. However, the state formed the counties, the counties did not form the state. Therefore, the state legislature has a certain number of senators and representatives based on population whereas the United States has 2 senators and different number of representatives in the House based on the states population
The biggest problem for racial integration is that people live in segregated areas: so simply a school can have a majority of children from one background because the area around the school is inhabited by people of this background.
So the correct answer is d. Segregated housing patterns are still common in many communities.
