The chapter introduction tells the story of federal investigator Lorena Hickok to make the point that
A. the decade of the Depression and the New Deal was also the decade of gangsters, environmental abuse, and underground radical movements.
B. while New Deal programs helped many Americans, a closer look revealed inefficiency, corruption, and waste.
C. Depression-bound Americans found hope in liberal social welfare programs of an activist federal government.
D. Franklin Roosevelt not only had to lead the nation out of the Depression, he also had to cope with entrenched opposition to his reforms within the federal government itself.
Answer: C
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A) financier B) lawyer defending gigantic trusts C) engineer D) efficiency expert
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A) Lenin accelerated the war effort against Germany. B) Lenin returned the control of factories to their rightful owners. C) Lenin ratified the redistribution of land which had already been seized by peasants. D) Lenin successfully managed to reestablish the Duma under socialist control. E) Lenin confiscated all the agricultural land in Russia, forcing the peasants into large collective farms.