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Early Civil Rights Efforts Answers

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Read the quote by A. Philip Randolph and answer the question below. Which of the following ideas are contained in the quote?Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
African Americans have power if they join together.
B
African Americans are not politicians.
C
Pressure can bring about change.
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The segregation of professional baseball was enforced by.

A
informal agreement
B
law
C
violent intimidation
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After the segregation of the major leagues, African American players .

A
stopped playing baseball
B
began playing baseball
C
played in Negro leagues
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Which of these statements does the graph support?

A
Discriminatory attitudes toward African Americans remained high after the battle.
B
In the battle, African Americans proved their worthiness to skeptical white soldiers.
C
African Americans’ efforts during the battle did little to change white soldiers’ attitudes.
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Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.Truman’s Executive Order 9981 called for the

A
end of segregation in the US armed forces.
B
end of segregation in US defense industries.
C
continuation of segregation in the US armed forces.
6

Select the best word or phrase to complete each sentence below.During its earliest years, professional baseball was .

A
segregated
B
not segregated
C
played only by whites
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When opposing players threatened to strike because of Jackie Robinson, National League President Ford Frick responded. Which of the following statements best summarizes Frick’s view?

A
He predicted that the integration of baseball could ruin the league for five years.
B
He was going to support integration no matter what people’s reactions were.
C
He believed that every person had the right to resist integration.
8

What issue was at the heart of Sweatt v. Painter?

A
Could an African American be denied admission to a law school?
B
Did the state of Texas provide a legal education to its African American students?
C
Was the separate African American law school equal to the white school?
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Think about the act of breaking baseball’s decades-old color line and challenging the system of segregation that existed in many areas of American life. From which sources would you expect Robinson to receive criticism and abuse?Share your opinion by selecting any answers that match your ideas.

A
Dodgers teammates
B
opponents
C
white fans
D
African American fans
E
umpires and other officials
F
the media
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Read the Supreme Court’s ruling to the left. What does it suggest about Texas’s African American and white law schools?

A
Separate facilities for African Americans and whites can be equal.
B
Separate facilities for African Americans and whites may be unequal in quality.
C
Separate facilities are alright as long as there is a common library.

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