Question

Why did the US civil rights movement gain new momentum after World War II? President Truman desegregated the armed forces. Rosa Parks rallied blacks in Montgomery, Alabama. The booming economy had created a larger black middle class. Black World War II veterans refused to return to the States after fighting in Europe. Martin Luther King, Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Answer 1

Answer:

The US Civil Rights Movement gained new momentum after World War II because the booming economy had created a larger black middle class. This new middle class began to educate himself and know his rights as citizens, so that the abuses of racism began to be more evident. In this way, the African-American population began to claim for their rights and to reveal the abuses they suffered at the hands of the white population.

Answer 2

The booming economy had created a larger black middle class.