Question

Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources… I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. These measures, or such other measures as the Congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, I shall seek, within my constitutional authority, to bring to speedy adoption.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, 1933 The excerpt is most directly related to A) the US government's commitment to the Gold Standard. B) Republican opposition to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930. C) the “First Hundred Days” and the introduction of the New Deal. D) Roosevelt’s efforts to prevent passage of the Stimson Doctrine.

Answer 1

C) the “First Hundred Days” and the introduction of the New Deal.

Answer 2

C) the “First Hundred Days” and the introduction of the New Deal.