In 1938, Mary McLeod Bethune persuaded Eleanor Roosevelt to join ...

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In 1938, Mary McLeod Bethune persuaded Eleanor Roosevelt to join her at the founding meeting of the ________, a group dedicated to attacking the South's especially severe economic problems.
 
  A) Southern Conference for Human Welfare
  B) Young Women's Christian Association
  C) National Negro Congress
  D) Works Progress Administration

Question 2

In addition to providing direct relief, such as food, New Deal programs:
 
  A) created scholarship programs for black students.
  B) set aside land in the west for the relocation of unemployed blacks.
  C) tended to ignore African American communities that did not vote en masse for Democratic candidates.
  D) gave training and jobs to black workers who had previously been unemployed or restricted to menial jobs and domestic service.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D