Question

Which statement explains the connection between the Civil Rights movement and the antiwar movement?

A. Civil Rights leaders began to oppose the Vietnam War because of racial disparities in the draft.

B. Civil Rights leaders began adopting some of the radical methods that proved successful in the antiwar movement.

C. Civil Rights activists often relied on antiwar protestors to show that their movement included significant white support.

D. Civil Rights activists often joined antiwar protests because they felt that any anti-government action was worth supporting.

Answer 1

Answer: A

Explanation: oppose Vietnam war

Answer 2

The correct answer is option A. "Civil Rights leaders began to oppose the Vietnam War because of racial disparities in the draft." Civil Rights leaders such as Whitney Young Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, and Martin Luther King Jr, faced the threat of the military draft, which included discrimination and violence towards people with racial background different from caucasian.