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Why did President Truman issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948?

to integrate baseball
to segregate the defense industry
to segregate baseball
to integrate the armed forces

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B ( to segregate the defense industry)
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Answer: The answer is D (the last one)

Explanation: Truman’s order DESEGREGATED the armed forces.

Choice “B” is a trick by using the word “segregate” instead of desegregate and the other two choices make no sense in this case.
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