Answer: it dropped almost by 10%
Explanation:
America's involvement in World War II had a significant impact on the economy and workforce of the United States. Our involvement in the war soon changed that rate. American factories were retooled to produce goods to support the war effort and almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%.
If this is the passage that accompanies this question:
<span>"In this manner, the sage governs people: Emptying their minds, Filling their bellies, Weakening their ambitions, And strengthening their bongs. If people lack knowledge and desire Then they cannot act; If no action is taken Harmony remains"
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Then, the quality desired in the above passage is weakness. The sage wanted to govern weak people, whom they can order around at will with fear of repercussions.
Scalawags were southerners who supported Republican governments
Nixon's silent majority referred mainly to the older generation (those World War II veterans in all parts of the U.S.) but it also described many young people in the Midwest, West and in the South, many of whom eventually served in Vietnam.
