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Name two ways in which World War 2 helped set the stage for civil rights movement?
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∙ 11y ago
a) soldiers were in demand in the early 1940's and this inevitably created a shortage of white male laborers. This gave new job opportunities to African Americans, Latinos, and White Women.
b) about one million African Americans served in the armed forces which needed so man fighting men that they had to end their descriminatory policies.
c)during the civil war, civil rights organizations actively campaigned for African American voting rights an challenged Jim Crow laws.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoWorld War 2 fostered civil rights by helping to break down the barriers of segregation. Blacks were finally able to fight in wars, even though they were still considered expendable. This broke way to more civil rights leading to even black voting.
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∙ 11y ago1) the demand of soldiers during the war had created a shortage of white male workers.
2) about 700,000 African Americans had served in the armed forces.
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