Question

The cartoon below was created in the early 1900s: A political cartoon shows a man with a shirt labeled, F.D.R. pouring a bucket of water labeled with a dollar sign into a well pump, which is marked, The New Deal Pump. The man is saying, I hope this will make ‘er work. The pump sits on a hill and the front of the hill is cut away so that the pipe of the pump is visible. There are a number of places on the pipe that are labeled, leaks, and where water is shooting out. A small trickle of water is going into the bucket in front of the spigot. A man with a tag that reads, taxpayer, is coming up the hill carrying two buckets of water on a stick across his shoulder. Each bucket is labeled with a dollar sign. On his head is another large bucket that is labeled, 7 thousand millions more. A stream of water runs alongside the hill and reads, 16 Billions Spent. © Universal History Archive / UIG / Image Quest 2015 Based on the cartoon, which conclusion can be made about the United States in the early 1900s? (3 points) The government closely monitored its finances to avoid another financial collapse. The government relied on its financial investments to pull the country out of depression. The government had no clear vision for pulling the country out of depression and relied on cheap tricks. The government had a leader with little public support behind him to lead the country out of depression. Description

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "The government relied on its financial investments to pull the country out of depression."

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The government closely monitored its finances to avoid another financial collapse. We can clearly see in the cartoon that this was not the case. Franklin D. Roosevelt appears to be pouring money into the American system without being too cautious of it, causing leaks and unnecesary wastes.
2. The government relied on its financial investments to pull the country out of depression. The man in the F.D.R. shirt is Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American president who was in office at the time of the Great Depression and came up with the "New Deal", an emergency plan to save the economy and the declining society. The pouring water is the financial aid and the well pump is the New Deal which is supposed to pour the money to the Americans. The phrase that F.D.R. says, "I hope this will make ‘er work." also shows that he relies on his plan.
3. The government had no clear vision for pulling the country out of depression and relied on cheap tricks. We can see that this was not true. In the cartoon, the man has a clear vision of what he is doing and is working towards a goal.
4. The government had a leader with little public support behind him to lead the country out of depression. The man with the tag "Taxpayer" shows the incredible support that F.D.R. had during this period, where Americans who had almost nothing, still believed in him and invested in his New Deal. This is why this answer is incorrect.

Answer 2

I think it would be The government relied on its financial investments to pull the country out of depression.