The government made it difficult to fund reliefs to citizens during the Great depression and this caused uproar and tension. President Herbert Hoover tried to hold everyone together, but it was ultimately the government who needed to step up to the plate.
250 because if the diver is coming up 25 feet per minuter for 10 minutes then you can either add up the 25 10 times or just multiply 25 by 10. Both ways give you the answer of 250 feet