If the CPI Was 108

question 69

Multiple Choice

If the CPI was 108.00 in 1942 and is 336.96 today,then $10 in 1942 purchased the same amount of goods and services as

• A)$2.57 purchases today.
• B)$28.89 purchases today.
• C)$31.20 purchases today.
• D)$38.89 purchases today.

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Definitions:

Free Speech Movement

A student protest that took place during the 1964-1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, advocating for academic freedom and free speech rights.

Great Society

A set of domestic programs in the United States initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.

Bracero Program

System agreed to by Mexican and American governments in 1942 under which tens of thousands of Mexicans entered the United States to work temporarily in agricultural jobs in the Southwest; lasted until 1964 and inhibited labor organization among farm workers since braceros could be deported at any time.