Question

Which of the following events most directly inspired some activists to set up the organization now known as the NAACP?

A. segregation in the army during World War I
B. the grandfather clause in Alabama and other disenfranchisement methods
C. segregation in the federal government under President Woodrow Wilson
D. a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in the summer of 1908

Answer 1

D. a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in the summer of 1908