Refer to the passage. Which of the following best reflects the response of
Americans in the 1930s to the environmental
challenge referenced in the passage?
"Contrary to many published reports, a good many
people had left this country either temporarily or
permanently before any rains came. And they were
not merely 'drifters,' as is frequently alleged. In May a
friend in the southwestern county of Kansas
voluntarily sent me a list of the people who had
already left their immediate neighborhood or were
packed up and ready to go. The list included 109
persons in 26 families, substantial people, most of
whom had been in that locality over ten years, and
some as long as forty years. In these families there
had been two deaths from dust pneumonia. Others in
the neighborhood were ill at that time. Fewer actual
residents have left our neighborhood, but on a sixty
mile trip yesterday to procure tract repairs we saw
many pitiful reminder of broken hopes and apparently
wasted effort. Little abandoned homes where people
O Citizens abandoned New Deal politics in favor of
conservative initiatives that addressed commercial
and agricultural excesses.
O Legislators resurrected Populist platforms that
promoted a comprehensive restructuring of Wall
Street and corporate agribusiness.
O The majority of citizens adopted anarchist
philosophies that labeled legislators as the enemies
and manipulators of public interest.
O The majority of legislators supported public welfare
initiatives through congressional legislation and
executive branch actions.