Which best describes the“brain trust” Franklin Roosevelt promised to make part of his administration? a group of America’s most
successful businessmen, who would fix the economy a group of Hoover’s economic advisers, who would undo previous damage to the economy a group of smart advisers, who would assist Roosevelt in guiding the nation forward a group of military veterans, who would assist Roosevelt in putting Americans back to work
The answer is letter C. The “brain trust” refers to a group of smart advisers, that assisted Roosevelt in guiding the nation forward. This was term coined by James Kirean, a reporter of the NY Times. These people were actually academic advisers that FDR trusted to help him with his presidential campaign in 1932.
