Which of the following presents a claim?

a. daisy is a much more hopeful character than gatsby.
b. i would much rather read henry james than f. scott fitzgerald.
c. there are many characters in the novels of dickens.
d. tiny tim is the character most people know from dickens.

are these the benchmarks questions?

i just did something on this guy a few days a go give me two minutes to find it in my notes.

the answer is a, salt plain

roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.