Which New Deal work relief program, which eventually employed one-fifth of the workforce during the Great Depression, was an unemployed worker referring to when he said that "I gave the best part of my life to the American country, and I spent every cent I made here. They owe it to me to take care of me"?
A) the Civil Works Administration (CWA)
B) the Public Works Administration (PWA)
C) the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
D) the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Answer: C) the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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A) They enthusiastically supported the amendment because it offered gains for women. B) Because women could not vote, they had no opinion on the Fourteenth Amendment. C) They felt betrayed and angry because the Fourteenth Amendment included only men. D) They felt that working for black men should be their first priority, and they gladly accepted the terms of the amendment.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
a. enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. b. attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." c. created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools which stressed cogent thought and scientific training. d. fostered literacy in rural China. e. was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China.
Which of the following is true of "black laws" passed by many Midwestern states in the 1850s?
A. These laws prohibited gambling of any kind and imposed strict penalties against bookmakers. B. These laws prohibited African Americans from living within the border of such states. C. These laws prevented the return of runaway slaves to their southern owners. D. These laws provided financial incentives to free black laborers willing to become permanent residents.
In what way do historians consider the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s a success?
a. It led to a marked decrease in racism among northern urban whites. b. It convinced most northerners that slavery should be abolished immediately. c. It brought the issue of slavery into the public consciousness. d. It led directly to the immediate emancipation of thousands of slaves.