Read paragraph. In a 1918 letter to women, Herbert Hoover preached a "Gospel of the Clean Plate." He appealed: "Stop, before throwing any food away and ask, 'Can it be
used?' ... stop catering to different appetites. No second helpings. Stop all eating between meals ...one meatless day a week. One wheatless meal a day ...no
butter in cooking-use substitutes. The American woman and the American home "can bring to a successful end the greatest national task that has ever been
accepted by the American people."
To what "task" was Hoover referring?
O A. the New Deal
o B. the War on Poverty
C. World War I
o D. the Great Depression