The Civilian Conservation Corps provided women work
A) at wages equal with men.
B) that drew on their professional training.
C) for an allowance one-tenth of men's wages.
D) for which they were paid a salary.
C
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Both candidates in the 2008 presidential election ran on a platform emphasizing the theme of
A) peace. B) change. C) compassion. D) caution. E) revolution.
What made Thomas Paine's publication of Common Sense so significant?
A) It became the basis for the arrest of Lord North. B) It convinced Parliament to take a more measured approach to the colonies and led to the repeal of some of the hated taxes. C) It argued that America had no economic need to be connected to Great Britain and would achieve new heights by breaking from the mother country. D) It provided a compromise that gave the colonies their independence while retaining important ties to their British homeland and parliament. E) None of these choices
Emboldened by the election of President Ulysses Grant, who supported the Congressional Reconstruction agenda, Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment that
A. extended voting rights to women and Native Americans. B. stated that the right to vote could not be denied on the basis of "race, color, or previous state of servitude." C. ordered the president to enforce the right to vote for all male citizens. D. allowed the federal government to limit the right to vote, but not the states.
The National Labor Union (NLU) was also concerned with social reform, such as equal rights for ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).