What role did president truman play in the area of civil rights? a. he desegregated schools with an executive order. b. he ordered troops to areas where racially motivated violence broke out. c. he desegregated the military with an executive order. d. he pushed a civil rights law through congress.

The answer is C and D. He established the Committee on Civil Rights to protect the rights of Blacks and also made a speech to congress to present his package on civil rights.  He also ended segregation in federal employment and in military service.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.