Why did the CIO support equal pay for women in the defense industries while there was a lot of hostility towards them in the work place?
a. As a union that organized both skilled and unskilled workers, the CIO was always concerned with issues of fairness and equality in workplaces.
b. The CIO was concerned that employers would resist returning to higher pay scales when male workers reclaimed their jobs at the end of the war.
c. The CIO recognized that women needed to earn enough money to support their families, since most of their husbands were in the military.
d. The CIO wanted to ensure that white women's wages were not brought down to the level of African American and Mexican American workers.
b
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a. rarely helped the Indians, but usually backed the frontiersmen b. sometimes sided with Indians against people living on the frontier in order to keep peace c. often took a balanced view between East and West to avoid conflicts d. were widely respected by all factions
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A) Immortals. B) Marines. C) Praetorian Guard. D) Assassins. E) Invisibles.
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a) ruled that the Cherokees had "an unquestionable right" to their lands. b) ordered the Cherokees to vacate their lands east of the Mississippi River. c) prohibited the intermarriage of Indians and whites. d) ordered the state of Georgia to enforce Indian voting rights.
The leaders of the Southern Farmers' Alliance __________
A) formed the first major People's party B) tried to capture the Democratic party C) eschewed politics for more radical methods D) often crossed over to the Republican party E) were more concerned about economic rights than political rights