Fair Housing
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits discrimination in real estate based on:
ARace only, with no exceptions✓ Correct
BRace, sex, national origin, and religion
CAll seven protected classes of the Fair Housing Act
DRace and color, as interpreted by the Supreme Court
Explanation
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits racial discrimination in real estate with NO exemptions (unlike the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which has some limited exemptions). The Supreme Court reaffirmed this in Jones v. Mayer (1968).
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