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6. What specifically speeded up desegregation in the armed forces?
- The Second World War
- The shortage of manpower in the Korean War,
- The Cold War
- Nothing- desegregation didn't happen to any extent.
7. Why was it handicapped?
- Because of a shortage of funds, and conservative employees.
- Congress disliked it.
- Blacks thought it was pityful.
- It excluded help for blacks who's ancestors were slaves.
8. When did Truman try and end discrimination among federal employees?
9. Truman said that legal equality was...
- A black man's basic right.
- Only meant for whites.
- Should be given to blacks when whites were ready.
- Never to be given to blacks.
10. Who was Adam Clayton Powell?
- A black representative.
- The president after Truman
- A white racist
- President Truman's friend.
11. Truman was the first president to ever campaign in...
- Harlem
- Mepmhsis
- Atlanta
- Texas
12. By executive order 10308, what did Truman establish?
- A civil rights bill
- A secret police set out to abolish the KKK
- The Committee on Government Contract Compliance- encouraged companies to halt job discrimination. (DECEMBER 1951)
- The Fair Employment Board
13. Southern Democrats nominated who for their presidental candidate?
- Strom Thurmond
- Walter White
- Adam Clayton Powell
- James Farmer
14. What was McLAURIN v. OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS? 1950
- Segregation on the Montgomery buses was illegal.
- A black student could not be physically separated from white students in the University of Oklahoma.
- Segregation in the Texan Law School was illegal.
- Segregation in Oklahoma's local library was declared unconstitutional.
15. .How did NAACP's Walter White rank the Lincoln Memorial speech?
- "one of the greatest presidential speeches"
- "we've heard it all before"
- " a farce"
- "mediocre with only his own political interests at the heart of it"
16. Why was the CGCC less effective than the FEPC?
- The CGCC was hindered by white supremacy.
- Because it could only recommend and not enforce.
- The FEPC was established first, and therefore was more effective.
- It lacked sufficient funding.
17. What was SWEATT v. PAINTER? 1950
- Segregation on park benches was abolished.
- Segregation in Oklahoma's local library was declared unconstitutional.
- A separate black Texan law school was not equal to the University of Texas Law School to which the black petitioner had therefore to be admitted.
- Segregation at the Mississippi Mathmatics school was declared as "degrading" by president Truman.
18. When was Harry Truman elected as president in his own right?
19. How did different parts of America react to the democratic convention?
- Southerners :) Northerners + Westerners :(
- Westerners :) Northerners + Southerners :(
- Northerners + Westerners :) Southerners :(
- Northerners :) Westerners :I Southerners :(
20. Truman was the first president to address what, and when?
- The NAACP- 1947
- CORE- 1949
- SCLC- 1948
- SNCC- 1950