The U.S. government was vigorously protective of its capitalist origins and resisted assuming broad welfare state functions, until
a. WWI made people aware of the government-funded programs in Europe.
b. environmental protection and conservation became a policy priority.
c. the Great Depression exposed the harsh realities that unfettered capitalism can occasionally impose on the masses.
d. the Johnson administration’s Great Society initiatives of the 1960s.
e. the influence of government labor motivated all Americans to demand benefits.
ANS: C
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