Author Question: Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Fair Employment Practices Committee in response to a. Brown ... (Read 29 times)

amal · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Fair Employment Practices Committee in response to

a. Brown v. Board of Education.
b. Plessy v. Ferguson.
c. pressure from newly elected black congressmen.
d. the Southern Manifesto.
e. the threat of a massive march on Washington, D.C.

Question 2

Why did many blacks switch their allegiance to the Democratic Party in the 1930s?

a. Many Republican congressmen had joined the Ku Klux Klan.
b. Roosevelt promised desegregation during his campaign for the presidency.
c. Roosevelts New Deal program offered the prospect of jobs during an especially difficult time.
d. The previous Republican administration had segregated the departments of the Treasury and Post Office.
e. The Republican Party renounced the fight for desegregation.