What prompted President Harry S. Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the military?
a. A. Phillip Randolph's threat of a boycott
b. the beginning of the Korean War
c. Soviet ridicule of American racism in the battlefield
d. the practical necessities of keeping up the Berlin Airlift
Answer: a. A. Phillip Randolph's threat of a boycott
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A) ?a campaign in which African Americans fought for equal rights B) ?a campaign in which labor unions fought to protect workers' rights C) ?a campaign in which women fought for equal pay in the workplace D) ?a campaign in which the military fought simultaneously on two fronts
Which area was a focus of the “New Imperialism”?
A) Islamic lands in the middle east B) South America C) Pacific Islands D) Africa E) the Arctic
The most radical women's rights organization of the early twentieth century was the
a. Women's Social and Political Union. b. American Federation of Labor. c. Narodnaya Volya. d. International Workingmen's Association. e. Modernist Equality Union.
Originally, the American Federation of Labor was not willing to engage in strikes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.