Answer:
1. to give the legislature the power to pass new laws
2. to discourage racial mixing
3. to retain public support
Explanation:
The Pearsall Plan, which was a response of the North Carolina to the ruling of the United States Supreme Court on the unconstitutionality of racial segregation in public schools.
Created in 1956, Pearsall Plan sought a moderate approach to mix their public schools, however, in the bid to achieve their goal, the plan gave reason the state (North Carolina) should amend her Constitution, to reach common ground on the issue. The following are the reasons given:
1. to give the legislature the power to pass new laws: this enable the legislature to passed legislation that delay the integration.
2. to discourage racial mixing: there is also amendment of Compulsory School Attendance Law which excused students from going to integrated schools, there by discouraging racial mixing in public schools.
3. to retain public support of school: the plan seek to give more power to the school board which in turn, helps to retain public school supports.
Thereafter, in the case of Godwin v. Johnston County Board of Education (1969), ruled the Pearsall Plan unconstitutional.
The XYZ affair led to a period of anti-French sentiment in the United States, which was problematic as the French has been the key ally during the American revolution some 20 years before and was one of the primary reasons the United States was able to defeat Great Britain.
However, over those 20 years, France had undergone a revolution of their own and the United States decided to remain neutral in France's war against Great Britain.
