Question

The Kerner Commission published a report concerning violence in America which stated that ______________________.

• A. immigrants were the source of conflict and should be barred from entry into the United States.
• B. unions should be made illegal because they had been infiltrated by the Communist Party.
• C. violence is caused by young people, and when the population got older after the baby boom, the level of violence would go down.
• D. the death penalty would deter the high levels of violence against police officers.
• E. the main cause of the urban riots of the 1960s was the economic and social gulf between races.

Answer 1

The correct option is E the main cause of the urban riots of the 1960s was the economic and social gulf between races.

The Kerner Commission published a report concerning violence in America which stated that the main cause of the urban riots of the 1960s was the economic and social gulf between races. The 1968 Kerner Commission Report Still Echoes Across America. Anger over policing and inequality boiled over in 1967 in protests and violence across the United States.