All of the following are examples of minority groups organizing ...

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All of the following are examples of minority groups organizing to oppose discrimination and segregation during the war except
 
  a. Black defense workers in the Bay area organized against union discrimination, resulting in a 1945 state supreme court ban on the practice of forcing African Americans into separate auxiliaries as a condition of employment.
  b. African American and Mexican American voters helped elect a significant number of minority candidates to local city councils during the war years.
  c. Latinos in Orange County filed a lawsuit regarding segregation in public schools, resulting in a ruling in their favor in 1947by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
  d. Chinese Americans lobbied against discriminatory exclusion laws with moral ammunition from their dedicated war service, and Congress responded by repealing the Exclusion Act in 1943.

Question 2

Which statement best describes the Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 and the Zoot Suit Riot of 1943?
 
  a. The cases are evidence of white Californians' racial hysteria that often targeted Mexican Americans and sometimes led to violence against Latinos that was condoned by the police.
  b. The cases are examples of white Californians' racial hysteria against Mexican Americans but demonstrate that the police put an end to the violence against Latinos that sometimes followed.
  c. White Californians' racial hysteria most often targeted African Americans, and these cases are rare examples of Mexican American communities as targets.
  d. The cases are proof of significant gang activity in the Los Angeles area that led to police cracking down on the gangs.

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a

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