Question

what piece of legislation helped to expand the middle class? A. the civil rights act B. the federal highway act C. The servicemen''''s readjustment act D. the voting right acts E. the national defense and education act.

Answer 1

The correct answer is actually B. The servicemen's readjustment act.

This act helped war veterans with things like college tuition, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to starts a business, and one year of unemployment compensation. This helped the middle class expand.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A: The civil rights act. It outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, color, religion, etc. This allowed people who had previously been stuck on the fringes of society to become better integrated, find better jobs and just generally be treated more fairly, which allowed for greater social mobility.