Question

What did President Coolidge mean when he said "the chief business of the American people is business"?

The government should lower import duties.




Labor unions should be banned.




The government should be business-friendly.




Businesses should be better regulated.

Answer 1

What President Coolidge meant when he said "the chief business of the American people is business" was that the government should be business-friendly. Option C is correct.

Coolidge served as president during a rapid expansion of the US economy known as the “Roaring Twenties,” right before the Great Depression and the hardship and suffering associated with American's economy’s greatest collapse.

Answer 2

The correct answer is The government should be business-friendly. This is what President Coolidge meant when he said "the chief business of the American people is business."

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