Recently, Some Historians Have Argued That the New Deal Had

question 67

Multiple Choice

Recently, some historians have argued that the New Deal had a more radical effect on men than women for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• A) Social Security was designed to assist male breadwinners, who were expected to share benefits with their families.
• B) married women were rarely favored for jobs in New Deal agencies.
• C) social and economic programs of the New Deal maintained or reaffirmed women's traditional roles as wives or mothers.
• D) social and economic programs of the New Deal tended to provide more opportunities to men than women.
• E) many men were required to assume significant child rearing responsibility because of the millions of women who went to work for New Deal agencies.

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Definitions:

Deindividuation

A psychological state where an individual loses self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups, often leading to atypical behavior.

Individuality

The quality or character of being an individual; particularly of being a uniquely distinct, indivisible entity, distinguished by differences from others.

Ingroup Bias

The bias towards giving preference to people within one's own group over those from outside groups.

Enhance Performance

The process of improving or augmenting the effectiveness, efficiency, or quality of an action or function.