Issued by President Roosevelt in 1941, Executive Order No. 8802
a. fully integrated the United States armed forces.
b. offered direct assistance to African Americans who wanted to move out of the South.
c. created a presidential commission to study and recommend ways to alleviate wage discrimination based onrace and sex
d. prohibited racial discrimination in the employment of workers in war industries and in the government.
d
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a. France b. Ethiopia c. Britain d. Hungary e. Belgium
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A. Cambyses and Alexander B. Cambyses and Darius C. Ionisus and Cirrilus D. Zoroaster and Mithras E. Pericles and Cleisthenes
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A) Jane Addams B) Andrew Carnegie C) William Jennings Bryan D) William McKinley E) Samuel Gompers