Question

Read this counterclaim by an opponent of the New Deal. Herbert Hoover, a Republican opponent of the Democrat Roosevelt, believed that the government's role was to stay out of the way of private relief efforts and to not provide direct relief for the people. Therefore, his supporters called New Deal programs expensive, ineffective, and unconstitutional. Which evidence would best support a rebuttal to this counterclaim? Some people believed that direct relief would help Americans for only a short time. Many politicians said that New Deal programs would overstep the president's executive powers. Millions of Americans were employed and gained relief through the government's programs. Many Americans thought that change needed to occur to address the effects of the Great Depression.

Answer 1

Answer:

Millions of Americans were employed and gained relief through the government's programs.

Explanation:

With the Great Depression, personal income and prices dropped, the unemployment rate rose, international trade fell and the farming, construction, and primary sector industries suffered.

Believing that the government had to actively participate to overcome the crisis, American President Roosevelt created the New Deal. The program created government agencies to put people back to work, helped those in need, regulated the banking industry, and the stock market to make it less vulnerable, prevented corporate abuses, and created trustbusting policies. The New Deal achieved to help millions of struggling Americans during the worst economic crisis of the nation so far. So, the evidence that millions of Americans were employed and gained relief through the government's programs is the statement that best supports a rebuttal to the counterclaim.