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Set 5: Inferences (Intermediate)

Explanation

Answer: B

PASSAGE

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Its passage required overcoming a 54-day Senate filibuster. While the legislation marked a legal milestone, subsequent decades revealed that changing laws was easier than changing deeply embedded social practices and attitudes.

What can be inferred about the relationship between legal reform and social change?

A. Passing laws automatically transforms social attitudes.
B. Legal victories may be necessary but insufficient for achieving full social transformation.✓ Correct
C. The Civil Rights Act had no effect on American society.
D. The filibuster successfully blocked the legislation.

Detailed Explanation

'Legal milestone' but 'changing laws was easier than changing attitudes' = law is necessary but not sufficient.

Key Evidence:

• "marked a legal milestone"

• "changing laws was easier than changing practices and attitudes"

Why others are wrong: A (Attitudes remained difficult to change.), C (It was a 'milestone.'), D ('Its passage' means the filibuster was overcome.).

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