Mark Twain called the late 19th century the "Gilded Age." By this, he meant that the period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
Generally speaking, in towns such as New York and Cleveland and Chicago blacks were heavily discriminated against and forced to live in segregated and discriminatory housing projects.
Answer:The correct answer is D He acted cautiously until pushed by civil rights groups.
He was a supporter of the civil rights movement even though it was not on his original political agenda. In time however, he became an avid supporter and even advocated implementing the civil rights act that was adopted during Lyndon B. Johnson.
