Chapter 16 and 17 Review Quiz

1.   Determined to secure jobs for black workers in the defense industries, __________ proposed that African Americans stage a massive march on Washington in 1941.

1.  Walter White
2. A. Philip Randolph
3. T. Arnold Hill
4. Ralph Bunche

2.   FDR’s Executive Order 8802 authorized the creation of a __________.          

1. black air wing
2. panel to oversee the desegregation of the military
3. Fair Employment Practices Committee for defense industries
4. congressional committee to study the dismantling of Jim Crow in the South

3.   In the army, black soldiers were routinely __________.        

1.  assigned to all black units under white officers
2.  promoted to positions of authority
3.  court-martialed for minor offenses
4.  expected to plot military strategy

4.   To counter negative publicity after a racial incident, FDR appointed the dean of Howard Law School, __________, to an advisory role in the Pentagon.  

1. Charles Houston
2. Ralph Bunche
3. William Hastie
4. Thurgood Marshall

5.     In early 1942, the Pittsburgh Courier launched the __________ to push the nation to live up to the democratic principles it expressed in the 1941 Atlantic Charter.    

1. Double V Campaign
2. Stop Racism Now Campaign
3. Jim Crow Must Go Campaign
4. earliest effort to win desegregation of the military

6.   A. Philip Randolph hinted that civil disobedience and challenges to the draft might be necessary to win civil rights for African Americans.          

1. True 
2. False

7.  As black resentment increased during the war, military leaders stubbornly retained segregation policies despite growing signs of racial conflict.            

1. True 
2. False

8.  Jackie Robinson, an army second lieutenant and former sports star, was court-martialed in 1944 for refusing to take a seat at the back of the bus.    

1. True 
2. False

       
9.   Of the wartime race riots, the worst in scope and loss of life occurred in Harlem.            

1. True 
2. False

10. In 1943, Pauli Murray published an article called “Negros Are Fed Up” that predicted further violent riots due to discrimination in American cities.      

1. True 
2. False