Praxis II Social Sciences Content Knowledge Exam Prep

Answer: C - The philosophy behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was largely based upon relief, recovery, and reform. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was meant to help people survive the Depression, stimulate the economy, and fundamentally change all of the practices the led to the Depression to begin with. Herbert Hoover never believed in direct involvement with the lives of the people. Roosevelt believed that direct involvement based upon relief, recovery, and reform was the only way to move the United States past the Depression and into a more prosperous era.