Which term describes the abolition of a system of segregation in the United States?

• A. Exposition
• B. Populist (Party)
• C. Desegregation
• D. International

Answer: (C)

Desegregation is the term for ending the system that kept people apart based on race in the United States. It means removing laws and practices that enforced separation in schools, public facilities, and other areas, so people can participate together. In history, desegregation followed significant developments like Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that separating students by race is unconstitutional, and the Civil Rights Movement, which pushed for equal access to public spaces and institutions.

The other terms don’t fit because they describe unrelated ideas: Exposition is about explaining information; the Populist Party was a late-19th-century political movement focused on farmers’ interests; International pertains to relations between countries.