Question

Many people felt that the United States had become a welfare state under the New Deal because of policies to benefit which group?

A. members of the Cabinet

B. disadvantaged citizens

C. businesses

D. state officials

(Gradpoint)

Answer 1

B. disadvantaged citizens

The New Deal was a series of federal programs and measures that aimed to help the U.S. economy to recover from the Great Depression while providing relief to disadvantaged citizens: those most in need, the elderly, retirees, the poor, low-income citizen, disabled, dependents and unemployed. Some of those measures were the Social Security Act (1935), Civilian Conservation Corps (1933), the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933) and the Works Progress Administration (1935).

Answer 2

B. Disadvantaged citizens