The social programs of the Great Society, such as Medicaid, job training programs, and rent subsidies, helped many poor African Americans. All African American citizens were aided by the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended discrimination in employment and prohibited segregation in public accommodations; the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited literacy tests and other racially discriminatory restrictions on voting; and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which outlawed discrimination in housing.
"<span>C. The South had more miles of railroad track" is not accurate. Railroads were largely situation going from East to West. It is true that the North had a broader industrial base. </span>
In the North, they were mostly industrial textiles, lumber, furs, fish, and maize
In the South, there are mostly tobacco plantations, later on cotton plantations
