The first major government affirmative action program, the Philadelphia Plan, applied to
a. college admissions at the University of Pennsylvania.
b. Philadelphia businesses that held contracts with the federal government.
c. promotions in state and federal governmental offices and agencies in Philadelphia.
d. the hiring of elementary and high-school teachers in Philadelphia schools relying on federal funding.
b
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The Reform Bill of 1832 in Britain primarily benefited the
A) landed aristocracy. B) peasants. C) working class. D) clergy. E) upper middle-class.
In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle
A. was applauded by most progressive suffragists. B. was largely rejected by upper-class women. C. had a particular impact on urban lower-middle-class and working-class single women. D. was largely reserved for upper-class women. E. was simply a clothing fad.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, aristocrats found themselves in general
a. more independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages. b. no more or less independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages. c. less independent from monarchs than they had been during the Middle Ages. d. winning most of the civil wars that they fought against monarchs.
The Roman general who returned from Spain as a military hero in 71 B.C.E. was
a. Marius. b. Sulla. c. Caesar. d. Pompey. e. Cato.