Which was a result of westward expansion in the united states? a. the spread of agriculture and industry led to environmental damage. b. western states developed agriculture but lagged behind in industry. c. the east receded as a political force in the nineteenth-century united states. d. native americans returned to their ancestral lands on the western plains.

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.