In 1946, President Truman alienated southern conservatives by
A) completely desegregating the armed forces despite the opposition of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
B) inviting leading black civil rights leaders to the White House to advise him on domestic policy.
C) establishing a Committee on Civil Rights which recommended antilynching and antipoll tax legislation.
D) speaking to the NAACP national meeting and endorsing antilynching legislation.
C
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A) Middle Passage B) Price Revolution C) Longitude Problem D) Columbian Exchange
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A) cult of Serapis B) Christianity C) cult of Zeus D) cult of Hera E) golden mean
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a. the failures and shortcomings of communism b. his legislative agenda for 1918 c. his plan for a peaceful postwar world d. his military strategy to win World War I
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a. A place where they could get away from persecution b. An example to the rest of the world c. A place where they would have the opportunity to prosper free form government regulation d. A society that practiced complete separation of church and state e. A pluralistic society in which all would be fee to practice and teach their beliefs