Which of the Following Actions Did President Truman Take in Support

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following actions did President Truman take in support of African American civil rights?

• A) He appointed a presidential commission on civil rights.
• B) He threatened to use federal troops to register blacks in the South.
• C) He called on Congress to eliminate Jim Crow laws in the South.
• D) He spearheaded a plan he called the New Reconstruction.

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