African Americans Supported Franklin Roosevelt for Which of the Following

question 88

Multiple Choice

African Americans supported Franklin Roosevelt for which of the following reasons?

• A) Roosevelt's New Deal relief programs helped many African Americans in their struggle for economic survival.
• B) Roosevelt endorsed congressional enactment of a federal antilynching law.
• C) Congress enacted legislation abolishing the poll tax at Roosevelt's insistence.
• D) Roosevelt's Justice Department supported the NAACP in its legal challenges against Jim Crow laws in the southern states.

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