While Franklin Roosevelt Waited to Assume the Presidency in Early

question 98

Multiple Choice

While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, Herbert Hoover unsuccessfully tried to get the president-elect to commit to

• A) maintaining a balanced federal budget.
• B) renewal of the extremely high Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
• C) an anti-inflationary policy that would have made much of the New Deal impossible.
• D) appointing some Republicans to his cabinet.
• E) a policy of not offering direct welfare to the unemployed.

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