(A) ** began to relax its practices of racial segregation
(B) allowed blacks into all branches of the military for the first time
(C) excluded blacks from combat duty
(D) used quotas to limit the number of black servicemen in the military
(E) doubled the number of black servicemen to 200, 000
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps all segregated African Americans into separate units because of the belief that they were not as capable as white service members. Adding to this indignity, the Army frequently assigned White officers from the American South to command Black infantrymen.
Concept note-2: -On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed this executive order banning segregation in the Armed Forces. In 1940, African-Americans made up almost 10 percent of the total U.S. population (12.6 million people out of a total population of 131 million).