In United States history, scalawags (sometimes spelled scallawags or scallywags) were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction after the American Civil War.
Like the similar term carpetbagger, the word has a long history of use as a slur in Southern partisan debates. The opponents of the scalawags claimed they were disloyal to traditional values.The term is commonly used in historical studies as a neutral descriptor of Southern white Republicans, although some historians have discarded the term due to its history of pejorative connotations.
The right answer is A) Government loans gave the oil industry a second chance to boom
The first oil shock began in October 1973, when OPEC member Arab countries embargoed oil supplies to the United States, Japan, and Western Europe in retaliation for the occupation of Palestinian territories by the Israelis during the Yom Kippur War. The embargo forced some European countries and Japan to ration energy and led the world into recession. With the deficit in the supply of this commodity the American government intervened and fomented the economy so that it could survive the crisis that was instated and Texas petroleum became an improvised exit.
They believed in moral education so that kids know what their duties are in society like the pledge of allegiance
most standardized test are passages and multiple choice, but it'll help a lot if you have like context/ background info to help you accurately answer them.
