The National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act _______
A) guaranteed that all workers would be paid a minimum wage
B) granted workers the right to organize and collectively bargain
C) gave management the right to forbid the “closed shop”
D) gave the president the power to end strikes
E) did not help workers who were not already unionized
Answer: B
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Which of the following statements is most consistent with the ideas expressed by Martin Luther King, Jr., in his speech launching the Montgomery bus boycott?
A. Whites must be excluded from the African-American protest movement. B. African Americans should rely on bloc voting to end the oppression under which they live. C. African Americans should attack white racism with the same tactics used by their oppressors, namely violence and intimidation. D. The African-American protest movement is just and is right in the eyes of God.
Which statement is an accurate comparison of the post–World War II situation for African Americans in the North and the South?
a. Southern conditions were better than northern conditions for African Americans, as state laws in the North forced African Americans to be segregated from white society in almost all situations. b. Both northern African Americans and southern African Americans were concentrated in segregated neighborhoods. c. Southern African Americans’ rising expectations led them to challenge racial segregation and inequality, while northern African Americans were mainly inured to the injustice. d. While southern African Americans lived in segregated communities, northern African Americans could choose to live wherever they desired.
Beneath the surface, the two candidates in the election of 1928 __________
a. were strikingly similar b. were radically different c. were somewhat alike d. had little in common e. despised each other
All of the following are correct regarding the presidency of George W. Bush except
a. he raised taxes on the wealthy to balance the government budget. b. he experienced very low approval ratings from the public. c. he weakened environmental laws. d. discontent with the war in Iraq reduced his popularity with the voters. e. the Department of Homeland Security was established.