Think about what you learned about Truman’s plans for desegregation. Which of these statements is true?

In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which ordered equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces without regard to race. He acted by executive order, not with Congress’s help. Therefore, the true statement is that Truman ended segregation in the armed forces by executive order.

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