Civil Rights in the USA QUIZ- TRUMAN

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1. .How did NAACP's Walter White rank the Lincoln Memorial speech?

  • "we've heard it all before"
  • "one of the greatest presidential speeches"
  • "mediocre with only his own political interests at the heart of it"
  • " a farce"
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2. Truman established what to investigate increasing violence against blacks?

  • A liberal Civil Rights Committee
  • A mock committee founded by KKK members to attack blacks.
  • No committee was established.
  • A committee made of African American ex-slaves

3. What was HENDERSON v. US?- 1950

  • Segregation on the Montgomery buses was illegal.
  • Segregation in the Texan Law School was illegal.
  • Segregation on railway dining cars was illegal under the Interstate Commerce Act
  • Segregation at the Mississippi Library was to be abolished.

4. What was Truman's response to post-war attacks on black servicemen in 1945/46?

  • He gave reparations to the servicemen.
  • He was horrified by the attacks, and said they "turned his stomach over"
  • He ignored the attacks.
  • He found it humorous and laughed about it.

5. Truman was the first president to address what, and when?

  • SCLC- 1948
  • SNCC- 1950
  • The NAACP- 1947
  • CORE- 1949
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