"Question: When is a dollar more than a dollar?
"Answer: When it's used in Levittown, the most perfectly planned community in America!
"Anybody can build a house and charge a lot of money for it. But it's news—big news—when you can find a house . . . to buy for only $8,990. It's a beauty with 3 and a half delightful rooms.
"PLUS professionally landscaped grounds. . . .
"PLUS a complete bath with a tub, toilet, shower, basin . . .
"PLUS . . . all-steel kitchen cabinets, a stainless steel sink . . .
"PLUS free use of Levittown's championship swimming pools,
"PLUS free use of all playgrounds, baseball fields, play areas. . . .
"So if you don't want to be disappointed, come out as soon as you can—today if possible."
Advertisement for Levitt and Sons housing development in Levittown, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1951
Which of the following best explains a limitation of the incentives expressed in the advertisement?
Answer:
Many new suburban housing developments of the 1950s practiced racial segregation.
Step-by-step explanation:
Considering the available options, the statement that best explains a limitation of the incentives expressed in the advertisement is "Many new suburban housing developments of the 1950s practiced racial segregation."
The above statement is evident in the fact that around the 1950s, the homeownership of houses built by the Federal Housing Administration, FHA, was only occupied or owned by a mere two (2) percent of African Americans and other minority groups in the United States.