5. "You cannot extend the mastery of government over the daily working life of the people without, at the same time, making it the master of the people's souls and thought." -President Herbert Hoover The idea expressed in the quotation is a basis for President Hoover's belief that the problems of the Great Depression could best be solved by a) nationalizing major industries

b) requiring business to pay a minimum wage to workers

c) relying mostly on private enterprise and individual initiative to improve economic conditions

d) creating government job programs for the unemployed​