Question

What does it mean to say that the election of 1932 showed that Americans believed government is "an agency for human welfare"?

They voted for a president who would use the power of the federal government to help them.


They wanted the government to provide free food.


They wanted the government to create jobs programs.


They voted for a president who could take action on his own without going through Congress.

Answer 1

They voted for a president who would use the power of the federal government to help them.

Step-by-step explanation:

The government believed that if the New York Times presented things as they actually were without censorship, it could lead to the loss of support for the war effort which is not something that the government wanted.