Question

What was Franklin Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust”?

(A) The heads of Roosevelt’s executive agencies
(B) A collection of intellectuals who served as unoffi cial advisers
(C) The appointed heads of the agencies created under the New Deal
(D) Th ose who opposed Roosevelt’s New Deal policies
(E) Students who attended colleges with New Deal grants

Answer 1

Franklin Roosevelt’s “Brain Trust” was "(B) A collection of intellectuals who served as unofficial advisers," since Roosevelt relied heavily on outside opinions of people who were not technically part of the executive branch.