Which federal public works program promoted by President Eisenhower was far larger and more expensive than any program of Roosevelt's New Deal?
(A) The interstate highway system
(B) The Grand Coulee dam project
(C) The St. Lawrence seaway
(D) The airport construction project
(E) The public housing system
Ans: (A) The interstate highway system
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