The Truman administration failed to pass any civil rights legislation because __________
A) Truman himself secretly worked to defeat its passage
B) most people said the civil rights movement was a communist plot
C) black voters had traditionally backed the Republican Party
D) southern politicians managed to block the legislation
E) controversial social change during the Cold War could be divisive and dangerous
Answer: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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