Question

read the excerpt from herbert hoovers
ugged individualism\ speech, delivered on october 22, 1928.
choose the two highlighted examples that best emphasize why hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the great depression.
(1 point)
i should like to state to you the effect that this projection of government in business would have upon our system of self - government and our economic system. that effect would reach to the daily life of every man and woman. it would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it.
let us first see the effect upon self - government. when the federal government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self - government.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the excerpt for reasons Hoover supported limited federal response:

1. Analyze the first highlighted - like part: "It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it." This shows Hoover thought government involvement in business (federal response) would harm liberty, supporting limited response.
2. Analyze the second highlighted - like part: "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self - government." This shows he believed federal involvement in business leads to destruction of self - government, so he supported limited federal response.

The two examples are:

• "It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it."
• "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self - government."

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze the excerpt for reasons Hoover supported limited federal response:

1. Analyze the first highlighted - like part: "It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it." This shows Hoover thought government involvement in business (federal response) would harm liberty, supporting limited response.
2. Analyze the second highlighted - like part: "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self - government." This shows he believed federal involvement in business leads to destruction of self - government, so he supported limited federal response.

The two examples are:

• "It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it."
• "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self - government."