Roosevelt believed that the government had to step in to
resolve the problems brought about by the Depression. Hoover felt that it was the people should be
the ones who must solve this. Though he
did launch some programs, it was not enough.
The problem was too big and Roosevelt felt that it was time for
government to help solve the crisis.
<em>Many loyalists fled to Canada after the American Revolution.</em>
Answer: <em>C) They fled to Canada to avoid punishment.</em>
Explanation:
The loyalists fled to Canada after the American Revolution. As the American Revolution gave freedom to the enslaved Africans and Indians Around 80,000 of them fled to Canada and Britain. Because they were wealthy, educated and older.
They often suffered bad treatment from the patriots and therefore, had to flee from their own homes. Even after the war there were some people who remained loyal to the British crown. And so the American colonists would often treat them brutally.
When it came to the Congress to approve the joining of the United States in the League of Nations it was blocked by the Republican opposition, especially from Senators William Borah and Henry Cabot (D).
The U. S. public opinion was still disappointed over the outcomes of the war. Also, the Republican Senators did not like what they thought to be a violation of the U.S. sovereignity: the covenant of the League in it's Article X predicted that in case of a member being attacked all the others should defend it.
This added to the historical isolationism of U.S. diplomacy stopped the country from joining the League of Nations despite its inspiration on President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
