How Did President Roosevelt Respond to Requests to Improve Blacks

question 8

Multiple Choice

How did President Roosevelt respond to requests to improve blacks' situation in the defense program before the election of 1940?

• A) He immediately desegregated the armed forces, but refused to desegregate defense industry jobs.
• B) He immediately desegregated defense industries, but refused to desegregate the armed forces.
• C) He did very little, other than token appointments for blacks.
• D) He was unable to push any changes for blacks through the very racist Congress.

Understand the impact of European colonization on Native American societies.

Analyze the economic systems of the colonial Americas and their dependence on slave labor and trade.

Identify the different colonial policies and laws enacted by European powers in the New World.

Recognize the significance of key events and figures in early American history.

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Sediment

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