There are many reasons for the government to step in and create policy after policy during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was essentially caused by people buying things with money they didn't have, which in turn made the economy tank and made TONS of people poor and unable to purchase basic necessities. So the government created a the New Deal, which is essentially a ton of programs that allowed younger teenagers to work to help supplement the family, but also to build new infrastructure for roads, highways, dams, etc.. Without the new deal, and all of those policies we would've been unprepared for the upcoming World War 2
<u>Answer:</u>
The correct answer is: Master Thomas didn’t give slaves enough food.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In Chapter 9 of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick’s newest Master, Master Thomas breaks a cardinal rule of slaveholding by not giving enough food to the slaves.
Master Thomas is characterized by meanness since he did not provide the slaves with enough food and they had to beg for it and steal it from the neighbors.