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Question 13 • Social Studies 8

Which would make the best thesis statement for an argumentative essay?

Answer

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office at the beginning of World War II.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s creation of Social Security kept people out of poverty.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Theodore Roosevelt were fifth cousins.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal effectively pulled the US from the grips of the Great Depression.

Explanation

An argumentative thesis should make a specific, debatable claim that the essay can support with evidence. Choice D argues that the New Deal effectively helped the United States recover from the Great Depression, a claim someone could agree or disagree with. Choice A and C state facts, while B is a claim but is narrower and less suited to an essay about Roosevelt’s broader economic policies.

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