Multiple Choice. Read the quotation and answer the question.
Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. . . . It can be accomplished
in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we
would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this
employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and
reorganize the use of our great natural resources.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
What was the president hoping to accomplish with this speech?
(1 point)
convince the public that his reelection was critical to economic recovery
convince the public to volunteer and assist with major infrastructure projects
convince the public to accept more government intervention in the economy
convince the public of the necessity of environmental conservation