When Comparing the Severity of Recessions Since World War II

question 23

Multiple Choice

When comparing the severity of recessions since World War II economists focus on the ones in

• A)1990 and 2001.
• B)1968 and 1974.
• C)2001 and 2007-2009.
• D)1982 and 2007-2009.

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Definitions:

Separate-but-equal Doctrine

A legal principle that justified racial segregation, claiming that separate facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional if they were equal in quality; declared unconstitutional by Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

Equal Protection Clause

A provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Emancipation Proclamation

An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory during the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

A 16th President of the United States who led the country through its Civil War and helped to abolish slavery.