The Impact of WW2 on the Civil Rights Movement in the USA

From Key Topic 2: The Civil Rights Movement, 1945-62 of the A Divided Union? The USA 1945-70 course

?

1. Many black Americans in the armed forces in WW2 were sent to ... where they served in countries that had no racial bars. When they returned to the USA in 1945 it was even harder to have to return to discrimination.

  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Australasia
1 of 14

Other questions in this quiz

2. What does the CORE stand for?

  • the Congress of Racial Equality
  • the Committee of Racial Equality
  • the Conference of Racial Equality
  • the Co-operation of Racial Equality

3. At the beginning of WW2 there were only ... black officers in the US Army.

  • 13
  • 12
  • 10
  • 5

4. Was the war a big boost to te civil rights movement?

  • Yes
  • No

5. Black newspapers set up the double V campaign which meant...

  • Victory over Hitler and Victory over poverty
  • Victory in the war and Victory over unemployment
  • Victory over Hitler and Victory in the struggle for equality
  • Victory for America and Victory for the blacks
View more questions

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar History resources:

See all History resources »See all The USA - twentieth century change resources »