The New Deal was the attempt by the Roosevelt administration to

A. end capitalism and free-market economic activity.
B. have the federal government participate more actively in the economy.
C. bring socialism to America.
D. incarcerate both capitalist and socialist extremists.
E. penalize the individuals in America who were profiteering from the financial downturn.


Answer: B

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a. Daniel Webster. b. William Seward. c. John C. Calhoun. d. Stephen Douglas. e. Frederick Douglass.

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