Chapter 244. Reflections on Toward a Welfare State, Chapter 24

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Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section is that Roosevelt’s 1934 electoral mandate made it possible for him to implement programs that created an American welfare state and empowered labor, but New Dealers’ dependence on support from southern Democrats prevented them from including legislation that protected women, domestic and agricultural workers, and people of color.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section is that Roosevelt’s 1934 electoral mandate made it possible for him to implement programs that created an American welfare state and empowered labor, but New Dealers’ dependence on support from southern Democrats prevented them from including legislation that protected women, domestic and agricultural workers, and people of color.

Correct. The answer is d. To support his argument that Roosevelt preferred to provide jobs rather than relief, the author describes the creation of the Works Progress Administration, which alleviated the poverty of the unemployed by employing them in federally funded jobs.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To support his argument that Roosevelt preferred to provide jobs rather than relief, the author describes the creation of the Works Progress Administration, which alleviated the poverty of the unemployed by employing them in federally funded jobs.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that the Social Security Act’s explicit exclusion of domestic and agricultural workers demonstrates the ways that Roosevelt’s dependence on the support of southern Democrats limited his ability to create programs that protected people of color.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that the Social Security Act’s explicit exclusion of domestic and agricultural workers demonstrates the ways that Roosevelt’s dependence on the support of southern Democrats limited his ability to create programs that protected people of color.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that the New Deal’s Wagner Act and its encouragement of labor militancy among the supporters of the Congress of Industrial Organization led to the increase in the number of unionized workers in the United States between 1933 and 1945.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that the New Deal’s Wagner Act and its encouragement of labor militancy among the supporters of the Congress of Industrial Organization led to the increase in the number of unionized workers in the United States between 1933 and 1945.

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