The correct answer is: President Hoover believed that the government should respond to the Great Depression <u>by pursuing new programs to help citizens.</u>
The Great Depression caused the collapse of the American economy, and poverty increased.
Hoover tried to deal with this economic downturn by launching several programs to help the people, namely: A work program where he developed large public works such as the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and he signed The Smoot-Hawley Act -the Tariff Act- which had the purpose of protecting the U.S. trade and the farmer's rights, that were highly affected by the Great Depression. The law increased 900 import tariffs on foreign agricultural by an average of nearly 50 percent.
The 31st president also increased federal subsidies for agriculture and approved the Glass-Steagall Act, which limited the activities of commercial banks in an attempt to stabilize the banking sector.
During the Vietnam war between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. military drafted 2.2 million American men out of an eligible pool of 27 million.
Bolívar himself led multiple expeditionary forces against the Spaniards, and between 1819 and 1822 he successfully liberated three territories—New Granada (Colombia and Panama), Venezuela, and Quito (Ecuador)—from Spanish rule.
Answer:
D. They were self-employed
Explanation:
The history of the slave trade is widely known through the trans-Atlantic slave trade involving the Europeans mainly the Portuguese, Spanish, British, French, and Dutch capturing Africans and sell them to the New World plantation.
This trading of slaves commonly began around the late 15th century and lasted till around the 19th century.
However, most slave traders are self-employed and were aided by some of the West Africans who helped in capturing slaves to sell for European goods.
