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Question: Which of the following achievements did Herbert Hoover accomplish during the first year of his presidency?
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Hoover targeted organized crime, leading to the arrest of Al Capone.
Hoover established programs that supported the funding of arts and literature.
Hoover funded direct relief programs that created jobs for the unemployed.
Hoover regulated the business practices that had caused the depression.
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None of the above.
- Al Capone was convicted in 1931 (not in Hoover’s first year).
- Federal arts and literature funding came with New Deal programs under FDR, not Hoover.
- Hoover opposed large-scale direct federal relief early on; he favored voluntary action and limited public works, and the major federal relief/RFC programs came later (1932).
- Major financial/business regulation to address the Depression (e.g., securities laws, Glass–Steagall) was enacted under FDR in the 1930s, not in Hoover’s first year.
- Al Capone was convicted in 1931 (not in Hoover’s first year).
- Federal arts and literature funding came with New Deal programs under FDR, not Hoover.
- Hoover opposed large-scale direct federal relief early on; he favored voluntary action and limited public works, and the major federal relief/RFC programs came later (1932).
- Major financial/business regulation to address the Depression (e.g., securities laws, Glass–Steagall) was enacted under FDR in the 1930s, not in Hoover’s first year.
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