Answer and Explanation:
Works Progress Administrations emerged during the great depression, where the unemployment rate was very high and people were struggling and worried about how to find a way to survive, so artistic production was almost stopped. In this case, Works Progress Administrations promoted the creation of several jobs to help the country's economic situation, in addition to stimulating and financing artist projects, allowing artists to have the necessary material to create their works and the resources necessary to survive and have a with at least the minimum of dignity.
In this way, we can say that Works Progress Administration impacted American art, offering resources for its creation.
The correct answer is B. It emphasizes the conflicts surrounding integration.
Explanation:
A simile occurs when a situation, person or idea is described using a comparison. Additionally, in simile words such as like or as are used to establish this comparison. In the case of the text presented, there is a simile in "buses lined up like tanks on a battlefield" because the author compares the arrangement of the buses to the tanks of a battlefield.
Moreover, this idea conveys a deep meaning because in this context (May of 1974) the integration program began and this led to multiple conflicts between black and white students "A police officer keeps the peace as black students board the buses". Therefore, by comparing the buses to the tanks the author can show the importance of the conflicts that occur as a result of integration (Option B).