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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Who Protects the Worker?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Government measures to promote fair shares for all:
(a) enhance liberty
(b) reduce liberty
(c) have no affefct on liberty
(d) create harmony

2. Where have labor unions been stronger than they are in the United States?
(a) France
(b) Great Britain
(c) Spain
(d) Germany

3. Which of the following is considered a form of government assistance to construction workers?
(a) Taft-Hartley Act
(b) Glass-Stegal Act
(c) Landrum-Griffin Act
(d) Davis-Bacon Act

4. In regard to equality and liberty:
(a) they are two independent concepts
(b) there is no relationship betwen the two
(c) there is a slight relationship between the two
(d) there is a relationship between the two

5. Children from wealthy backgrounds have better chances in education and employment. This it not representative of:
(a) equality of outcomes
(b) equal rights
(c) equality of opportunity
(d) equality before God

Short Answer Questions

1. The minimum wage causes:

2. Black Thursday, October 24, 1929, refers to the:

3. Modern labor unions trace their roots back:

4. The United States banking system is:

5. The Federal Reserve Act was legislated in:

(see the answer key)

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