Question

In 1954, the state governor of Mississippi publicly rejected the court-ordered desegregation of the University of Mississippi on TV, announcing that state universities would be closed before they agreed to be desegregated. This forced the Federal government to intervene. Federal legislation was pivotal in the process of institutional reform in the South. During the passage of the first Civil Rights Act in 1957, Senator Strom Thurmond spoke nonstop for 24 hours and 18 minutes to prevent, or at least delay, the passage of the act.

What was this loss of power for Southern elites an example of?

Incentives
Iron law of oligarchy
Critical Juncture
The Culture Hypothesis

Answer 1

Critical Juncture

Step-by-step explanation:

A critical juncture refers to the notion that at a certain point the prevailing institutional arrangements. put in place at a certain point in time become entrenched because a change in the arrangement has a potential to alter the course of the future.