Question

Which statement shows the impact of Roosevelt’s executive order ending discrimination in government jobs? Question 2 options:

African Americans joined defense industry while avoiding race riots in America that Hitler could have used as potential propaganda

Japanese Americans were hired for defense jobs as a show of good faith by the US government

German Americans were given positions of power in government jobs because it was believed that they would be able to successfully predict what Hitler would do

African Americans were given separate but equal positions within the government to control the economic activities (employment) of other African Americans

Answer 1

Japanese Americans were hired for defense jobs as a show of good faith by the US government.

Answer 2

The correct answer is that African Americans joined defense industry while avoiding race riots in America that Hitler could have used as potential propaganda.

The Executive Order 8802 was signed by President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 to prohibit racial discrimination in the defense industry of his country. It was the first federal action (though not a law) to promote equal opportunities and to prohibit discrimination in employment in the United States.