Author Question: While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover ... (Read 55 times)

javeds · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover unsuccessfully tried to get the president-elect to commit to

a. maintaining a balanced federal budget.
b. renewal of the extremely high Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
c. an anti-inflationary policy that would have made much of the New Deal impossible.
d. appointing some Republicans to his cabinet.
e. a policy of not offering direct welfare to the unemployed.

Question 2

The most explosive domestic controversy of the 1970s centered around issues of

a. race.
b. labor.
c. the environment.
d. sexuality.
e. immigration.