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7. How did World War II influence civil rights for African Americans? (AH.H.3) "African Americans likewise benefited from the demands of war. At the start of the struggle,their unemploy rate was twice that of whites, and many of the jobs they held were unskilled. They could not join the Air Cor the Marine Corps. In the Navy, they could enlist only in the all-black messmen's branch.In the Army they segregated from whites... One black American soldier recalled being turned away from a lunchroom in Salin Kansas, only to see German prisoners of war being served at the same counter. "This was really happening," sadly. "It was no jive talk. The people of Salina would serve these enemy soldiers and turn away black Amer GIs." a. World War II and the discovery of the Holocaust motivated American support of African American protest. civil rights and an end to all forms of discrimination. b. World War II provided African Americans more opportunities in the United States military and workforce. led African Americans to be more assertive in protesting for civil rights in the decades following the war. c. In order to meet the needs of factory employment during the war, the Federal government outlawed racial discrimination throughout the nation, which gave African Americans a platform to demand equality in civil rig d. Due to African American participation in the war and on the homefront, the American public supported Afr Americans' demand for equality in civil rights.
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b. World War II provided African Americans more opportunities in the United States military and workforce, and led African Americans to be more assertive in protesting for civil rights in the decades following the war.#
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The passage describes how African Americans were given more opportunities in the military and workforce during WWII. The experience of discrimination, even in the face of serving their country, likely led to increased assertiveness in civil rights protests after the war.