Chapter 241. Reflections on Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government, Chapter 24

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that Franklin Roosevelt was a wealthy New Yorker who got along with southern Democrats, insisted that the U.S. government should protect its citizens from economic hardship, and won the presidential election of 1932 in a historic landslide, creating a Democratic coalition that dominated American politics for many years.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that Franklin Roosevelt was a wealthy New Yorker who got along with southern Democrats, insisted that the U.S. government should protect its citizens from economic hardship, and won the presidential election of 1932 in a historic landslide, creating a Democratic coalition that dominated American politics for many years.

Correct. The answer is c. To support his argument that Franklin Roosevelt believed that government should intervene to protect citizens from economic hardships, the author presents Roosevelt’s decree that governments had a “social duty” to ensure that no one went “unfed, unclothed, or unsheltered.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. To support his argument that Franklin Roosevelt believed that government should intervene to protect citizens from economic hardships, the author presents Roosevelt’s decree that governments had a “social duty” to ensure that no one went “unfed, unclothed, or unsheltered.”

Correct. The answer is d. The author substantiates his assertion that Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign united groups that had previously opposed one another by pointing out that he won nearly every state in the union, including those that had voted Republican since 1860.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author substantiates his assertion that Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign united groups that had previously opposed one another by pointing out that he won nearly every state in the union, including those that had voted Republican since 1860.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that Roosevelt’s frequent trips to Warm Springs, Georgia, where he received polio therapy, allowed him to cultivate personal relationships with southern Democrats, which made him “a New Yorker from the Democratic Party’s urban and immigrant wing who got along with whites from the party’s entrenched southern wing.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that Roosevelt’s frequent trips to Warm Springs, Georgia, where he received polio therapy, allowed him to cultivate personal relationships with southern Democrats, which made him “a New Yorker from the Democratic Party’s urban and immigrant wing who got along with whites from the party’s entrenched southern wing.”

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that American voters were willing to support Roosevelt in 1932 because he promised to bring about change, even though they did not know exactly what to expect from his presidency.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that American voters were willing to support Roosevelt in 1932 because he promised to bring about change, even though they did not know exactly what to expect from his presidency.

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