Why Did the Cold War Play an Important Role in the Struggle

question 158

Multiple Choice

Why did the Cold War play an important role in the struggle for civil rights?

• A) Many American felt it was wrong to ask people of color to fight against the Soviet Union when they were being treated as second-class citizens.
• B) African Americans who served in this war began to insist on full citizenship rights.
• C) The Cold War triggered the "great migration" of African Americans to the urban North.
• D) The Cold War inspired the moral leadership in people like Robert Moses and Martin Luther King, Jr.
• E) President Johnson believed that civil rights were more important than the Cold War, so he was able to convince Congress to pass voting rights legislation.