why did civil rights leaders expect that World War II would help their movement reach its goals more quickly

If minority groups joined in on the war efforts they believed it would open the eyes of the closes minded America public that minorities are Americans too. They also want what is best for their home country even if they have different colored skin.

Explanation:

according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

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