Which of truman activities in the area of civil rights

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1. Which of Truman's activities in the area of Civil Rights were successful during his presidency?)

a. Supporting a Civil Rights Bill to end discrimination in public and private education.

b. As Commander in Chief ordering the integration of the military.

c. Supporting a Civil Rights Bill to end discrimination in public and private employment.

d. Endorsing an amendment to the Constitution to ban the poll tax.

2. Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats in Congress were able to pass over Truman's veto the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor-Management Act of 1947)

a. Repealing the Wagner Act and banning closed shops.

b. Repealing the Wagner Act and banning union shops.

c. Weakening the Wagner Act by banning closed shops and allowing states to pass "right to work" laws banning union shops.

d. Weakening the Wagner Act by allowing 80 day injunctions to end a strike, and banning closed and union shops but not jurisdictional strikes.

3. Accomplishments of President Truman's Fair Deal program included passage of all of the following pieces of legislation EXCEPT

a. National Housing Act offering rent subsidies to low income families.

b. Raising the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour.

c. Expanding Social Security to cover an additional 10 million people.

d. National Health Insurance for U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants.

4. George F. Kennan's analysis of the Soviet Union concluded that the Soviets foreign policy aims were more nationalistic than ideological and the USSR

a. Was advocating an economic ideology of Marxism because it fit best with the culture developed under the peasant commune system.

b. Was advocating a political ideology of totalitarianism because it fit best with the culture developed under the autocratic Tsars.

c. Would always reject programs like the Marshall Plan because they wanted to maintain control of Eastern Europe.

d. Would pursue traditional Russian territorial expansion, but eventually fall due to its over developed military and underdeveloped economic system.

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