Question

reading an excerpt, c10(1) the stock market crashed in 1929, the united states entered a severe economicdownturn called the great depression. (2) as the crisis deepened, the unemployment ratesoared, destroying many lives. (3) the crisis required a bold response from the government,but president herbert hoover resisted saying economic depression cannot be cured bylegislative action or executive pronouncement.(4) people like hoover, who thought that the government should not take steps to help theeconomy, increased the suffering of millions of americans. (5) in some cities, theunemployment rate reached 70 percent. (6) many lost their homes and were forced to livein shantytowns where the housing was poor. (7) these towns were named hoovervilles, because people believed president hoover had some responsibility for thecrisis. (8) still, the hoover administration took half - hearted steps to help citizens.(9) franklin roosevelt was then elected president. (10) recognizing that people werescared, his inaugural address said, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. * (11) franklinroosevelts administration immediately took more action than president hoover. (12) in hisfirst 100 days in office, roosevelt and congress passed legislation that was known as the new deal. (13) the financial system was reformed and the employment rate increased.(14) over the next 100 years, the countrys economy gained strength and theunemployment rate dropped a lot. (15) roosevelts ideas worked.which is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?the crisis required a bold response from the government, but president herbert hoover resisted saying economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.o no changeo but president herbert hoover resisted sayingo but president herbert hoover resisted, sayingo but president herbert hoover resisted, saying

Explanation:

The original sentence has a grammar error. "resisted" is a verb, and we need to use the gerund form "resisting" after it. The correct form is "but President Herbert Hoover resisted, saying".

Answer:

but President Herbert Hoover resisted, saying