How Did the Promise of Freedom in the Postwar Years

question 105

Multiple Choice

How did the promise of freedom in the postwar years differ for black and white Americans?

• A) African-Americans wanted a return to the New Deal; white Americans wanted the unregulated free market.
• B) African-Americans wanted churches to rein in individual freedom, while white Americans embraced consumer individualism.
• C) For white Americans, freedom was a position to be defended; for African-Americans it was a goal to be achieved.
• D) White Americans thought of freedom exclusively in terms of property rights, African-Americans exclusively in terms of civil rights.
• E) African-Americans considered freedom the ability to travel overseas, while white Americans equaled freedom with homeownership.

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