Question

Which of the following practices did Franklin

d. Roosevelt enact to address the Great Depression?
A. Firing government employees as a way to save government funds and avoid debt
B. Increasing government spending to create jobs and maintain social welfare programs
C. Reducing government regulation and lowering corporate taxes to stimulate the economy
D. Establishing strict tariffs to discourage citizens from buying foreign goods

Answer 1

B. Increasing government spending to create jobs and maintain social welfare programs

Answer 2

The correct option is B. Increasing government spending to create jobs and maintain social welfare programs was the practice that Franklin d. Roosevelt enact to address the Great Depression.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, he enacted a range of experimental programs to combat the Great Depression. One of this is the New Deal which expanded the federal government’s role in the economy in response to the Great Depression.