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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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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.
4

The segregation of professional baseball was enforced by.

A
informal agreement
B
law
C
violent intimidation
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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.
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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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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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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.

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