Which of the following islands had to be captured in order to provide a staging area for u. s. bombing raids against japan?
sakhalin
iwo jima
molokai
reunion

Iwo Jima

Explanation:

Iwo Jima is an island that is located 750 miles off the coast of Japan and it had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of mainland Japan.

Because of that American forces invaded the island on February 19th of 1945, this invasion caused the Battle of Iwo Jima that lasted 5 weeks, it was one of the bloodiest battles in WWII.

thurgood marshall

explanation: in 1954, thurgood marshall and a team of naacp attorneys won brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas. in this landmark decision, the supreme court held that segregation in public education violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.