Which event or circumstance prompted us intervention in latin america during the cold war era?
a) a popular uprising in mexico
b) british claims to the falkland islands
c) soviet sponsored revolution in brazil
d) sandinista control of nicaragua

the answer is mass marketing.

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.