Question

What did Van Buren do to help ease the economic hardships caused by the Panic of 1837? A) He created hundreds of government jobs and offered them unemployed factory workers. B) He initiated what is known today as the welfare system. C) He felt that the government should not interfere with business, so he did nothing. D) He rechartered the Bank of the United States.

Answer 1

C because it shows and tells him the how the government should iterviened

Answer 2

Answer: Van Buren's refusal to use government intervention to address the crisis (such as emergency relief and increasing spending on public infrastructure projects to reduce unemployment) according to his opponents, contributed further to the hardship and duration of the depression that followed the panic.

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