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leilurhhh

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What is the primary reason offered by President Obama when he called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to 10.10 an hour?
 
  a. Raising the minimum wage would help to support a family.
  b. Raising the minimum wage would increase America's tax base.
  c. Raising the minimum wage would control deflation.
  d. Raising the minimum wage would control inflation.

Question 2

What is referred to as reverse discrimination is __________.
 
  a. discrimination that blacks extend toward whites
  b. giving minorities a preference that some whites feel discriminates against them
  c. slowing or reversing the civil rights gains of the 1960s
  d. reversing the policies of the Reagan administration that discriminate against the poor and minorities



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b



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