The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to
a. provide disability assistance to civil-service workers.
b. establish the eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers.
c. end discrimination against black employees of the federal government.
d. provide credit and low-interest loans to farmers.
e. establish decent treatment and a living wage on American merchant ships.
a, b, d, e
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The term direct democracy, which was established in Athens in 508 B.C.E., gave citizenship to
a. Married women. b. Foreigners serving in the Athenian military. c. Male citizens, 20 years or older. d. Only those Athenians who owned land. e. Women who had served in the military.
In the postwar years, what economic changes occurred in the major capitalist states?
A. Unemployment was high. B. Inflation remained mild. C. Real wages fell. D. Their GDP shrank.
In the South, the crop-lien system along with the burdensome credit system
A. was generally imposed on blacks, but not white farmers. B. encouraged the planting of cash crops. C. saw interest rates rise as high as 20 or 30 percent. D. nearly disappeared during Reconstruction. E. led to crop diversification.