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cherise1989

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Question 1

Which of the following statements best expresses the significance of the report issued by President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights?
 
  a. It indicated the willingness of the president to acknowledge the federal government's responsibility to strivefor racial equality.
 b. It indicated that the president was willing to respond to congressional demands that he provide acomprehensive legislative agenda to protect minority rights.
 c. It indicated the government's willingness to bow to public pressure and actively protect the rights ofminorities.
 d. It indicated that the president was unwilling to support ideas that would cost him white votes in the southernstates.

Question 2

In its report To Secure These Rights, President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights proposed which of the following?
 
  a. An increase in the number of Supreme Court justices
  b. Federal aid to African American colleges
  c. The enactment of antilynching and antisegregation legislation
  d. Legislation to bring about a redistribution of wealth in the United States


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underwood14

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Reply #1 on: Sep 12, 2019

Answer 1

a

Answer 2

c


cherise1989

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Reply 2 on: Sep 12, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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