Some of the New Deal programs were designed to be "pump priming"--to stimulate the economy through government spending. Identify three such programs and specify how they tried to achieve their goal
What will be an ideal response?
The PWA, WPA, CWA and other public works construction programs were intended to prime the pump of economic recovery. All were designed to provide jobs (and thus spendable income) to the unemployed. They built hospitals, schools, dams, roads, and other public works.
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Rather than invade France, as Joseph Stalin urged, in 1943 Britain and the United States
A) established bases in North Africa and invaded Italy. B) invaded the Balkans from the Adriatic Sea. C) planned the D-Day invasion of Normandy. D) began to engage the Germans in a bid to control the Atlantic. E) fought the Germans directly at the Battle of the Bulge.
Welfare capitalism was meant to be humane to workers, it had nothing to do with trying to discourage unionization
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In 1750, indentured servitude was most common in __________.
A) New England B) Virginia C) the Chesapeake region D) Georgia
Which of the following would be the best example of a micro-aggression?
A. remarking to a coworker that they don’t look like a typical Indian B. tapping too hard on someone’s shoulder to get their attention C. standing too close to someone during a conversation D. sending a coworker sexually explicit photos