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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.
- Capone was convicted of tax evasion in 1931, not during Hoover’s first year (Hoover took office in March 1929).
- Large-scale arts and literature funding programs were part of the New Deal under FDR (mid‑1930s), not Hoover’s first year.
- Hoover opposed broad federal direct relief and preferred voluntary/local relief and public‑works encouragement; substantial federal relief/job programs came later under FDR.
- Hoover did not enact major regulation of business practices that caused the Depression; most major financial regulation came with the New Deal.
- Capone was convicted of tax evasion in 1931, not during Hoover’s first year (Hoover took office in March 1929).
- Large-scale arts and literature funding programs were part of the New Deal under FDR (mid‑1930s), not Hoover’s first year.
- Hoover opposed broad federal direct relief and preferred voluntary/local relief and public‑works encouragement; substantial federal relief/job programs came later under FDR.
- Hoover did not enact major regulation of business practices that caused the Depression; most major financial regulation came with the New Deal.
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