He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first “hundred days,” he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Question

By 1935 the Nation had achieved some measure of recovery, but businessmen and bankers were turning more and more against Roosevelt’s New Deal program. They feared his experiments, were appalled because he had taken the Nation off the gold standard and allowed deficits in the budget, and disliked the concessions to labor. Roosevelt responded with a new program of reform: Social Security, heavier taxes on the wealthy, new controls over banks and public utilities, and an enormous work relief program for the unemployed.

14. How does the language and tone of the first paragraph contrast with the language and tone of the second paragraph?

Group of answer choices

The first paragraph uses words with positive connotations, such as "sweeping," "relief," and "reform" to convey a generally positive tone. The second paragraph also uses words with positive connotations, such as "achieved," "reform," and "relief" to communicate a generally positive tone.

The first paragraph uses words with negative connotations, such as "unemployed," "closed," and "danger" to convey a generally negative tone. The second paragraph also uses words with positive connotations, such as "achieved," "reform," and "relief" to communicate a generally positive tone.

The first paragraph uses words with positive connotations, such as "sweeping," "relief," and "reform" to convey a generally positive tone. The second paragraph uses the words with negative connotations, such as "feared," "appalled," and "concessions" to communicate a generally negative tone.

The first paragraph uses words with negative connotations, such as "unemployed," "closed," and "danger" to convey a generally negative tone. The second paragraph also uses words with negative connotations, such as "feared," "appalled," and "concessions" to communicate a generally negative tone.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

The first paragraph uses words with positive connotations, such as "sweeping," "relief," and "reform" to convey a generally positive tone. The second paragraph uses the words with negative connotations, such as "feared," "appalled," and "concessions" to communicate a generally negative tone.

This choice accurately reflects the contrasting tones of the two paragraphs. The first paragraph highlights the positive aspects and ambitions of Roosevelt's New Deal, while the second paragraph expresses concerns and criticisms from certain groups regarding those reforms.