World War II: Mobilization

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

"I dissent, therefore, from this legalization of racism. Racial discrimination in any form and in any degree has no justifiable part whatever in our democratic way of life... All residents of this nation are kin in some way by blood or culture to a foreign land. Yet they are primarily and necessarily a part of the new and distinct civilization of the United States." — Justice Frank Murphy, dissent in Korematsu v. United States, 1944

Relocation Center Barracks War Relocation Authority, 1942

A. Philip Randolph's threatened 1941 March on Washington Movement most directly led to:

  • A

    The internment of Japanese Americans

  • B

    The Brown v. Board of Education decision

  • C

    Executive Order 8802 banning racial discrimination in defense industries

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  • D

    The desegregation of the U.S. armed forces under Truman

Explanation

Randolph's threatened march pressured FDR to issue EO 8802 (1941), creating the Fair Employment Practices Committee.

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