Author Question: Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) were concerned with A) bread-and-butter ... (Read 73 times)

tingc95 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) were concerned with

A) bread-and-butter issues for skilled workers.
B) bread-and-butter issues for unskilled workers.
C) fostering a working-class party.
D) organizing white-collar workers.
E) representing the family farmer.

Question 2

What was the main feature of the law--passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1996--passed to assist farmers and to replace the program, adopted during Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, that paid farmers not to plant certain crops?

A) The law increased the subsidies that are paid to farmers when prices drop below certain levels.
B) The law guaranteed farmers fixed annual payments through fiscal 2002, regardless of prices.
C) The law also phased out dairy price supports over four years.
D) b and c.
E) None of the above.