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AP US History
Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.6
What might have been the impact on the Civil Rights Movement had Harry S. Truman not desegregated the military in 1948?
The U.S Supreme Court rulings on segregation could have changed little or no effect.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to civil rights activism would have significantly shifted towards violence.
There would've been an immediate end to Jim Crow laws across the United States.
The pace of desegregation in other societal sectors may have slowed, prolonging racial segregation and inequalities.
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AP US History - 8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
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