To address the problem of the Depression, President Hoover
a. began public works projects that created jobs.
b. increased consumer taxes to finance government projects.
c. inflated the currency by issuing paper money unredeemable in gold.
d. provided direct relief called the “dole.”
e. none of these choices.
ANS: A
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