The Flood of Progressive Legislation During Wilson's First Term Included

question 73

Multiple Choice

The flood of progressive legislation during Wilson's first term included laws to

• A) provide disability assistance to civil-service workers.
• B) establish the eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers.
• C) end discrimination against black employees of the federal government.
• D) provide credit and low-interest loans to farmers.
• E) establish decent treatment and a living wage on American merchant ships.

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Definitions:

Deuterostome

Group of coelomate animals in which the second embryonic opening is associated with the mouth; the first embryonic opening, the blastopore, is associated with the anus.

Notochord

A flexible rod made out of a material similar to cartilage that provides support in all embryonic and some adult chordate animals.

Coelom

A fluid-filled body cavity lined with mesoderm that separates the digestive tract from the outer body wall in certain multicellular organisms.

Gastrodermis

The inner lining of the digestive cavity in cnidarians and some other invertebrate animals.