What did the davis-bacon act do:
A: set commodity prices for pork bellies
B: established the payment of local prevailing wages for mechanics and laborers on public works projects
C: assured the humane treatment of farm stock
D: established how union dues could be collected
Ans: B: established the payment of local prevailing wages for mechanics and laborers on public works projects
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a. the United States intervened. b. East German troops opened fire on angry protestors. c. Hungary opened its border with Austria. d. trade embargoes were imposed by a bloc of newly democratic states. e. Bulgaria elected its first democratic president.
George Kennan linked Soviet hostility to __________
A) resentment of American wealth B) unhappiness over American military performance during World War II C) traditional Russian insecurity D) the paranoia of its leaders
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A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) Atlanta D) Richmond