The Minimum Wage Was Instituted to Ensure Workers

question 225

Multiple Choice

The minimum wage was instituted to ensure workers

• A)a middle-class standard of living.
• B)employment.
• C)a minimally adequate standard of living.
• D)unemployment compensation.

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Ex-Confederate States

The southern states that seceded from the United States and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

Mississippi Government

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State Government

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