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read the passage and then identify the primary content of the paragraph. * (1 punto)

unemployment was the overriding fact of life when franklin d. roosevelt became president of the united states on march 4, 1933. at the time, the government did not systematically collect statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start doing so until 1940. the bureau of labor statistics later estimated that 12,830,000 persons were out of work in 1933, about one-fourth of a civilian labor force of more than 51 million. roosevelt signed the federal emergency relief act (fera) on may 12, 1933. the president selected harry l. hopkins, who headed the new york relief program, to run fera. a gifted administrator, hopkins quickly put the program into high gear. he gathered a small staff in washington and brought the state relief organizations into the fera system. while the agency tried to provide all the necessities, food came first. city dwellers usually got an allowance for fuel, and rent for one month was provided in case of eviction.

this passage is primarily about

the creation of president roosevelts fera program.

methods of estimating unemployment rates in the 1930s.

president franklin d. roosevelts presidency.

the effect of unemployment on united states families.

Explanation:

The passage opens with context about 1930s unemployment, then focuses on Roosevelt signing the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) and the rollout/operation of the FERA program under Harry L. Hopkins. The other options are either too narrow (unemployment estimation) or too broad (Roosevelt's full presidency, general unemployment effects) and do not capture the core focus.

Answer:

the creation of President Roosevelt's FERA program.