What is the best primary source of information about the great depression

How does Obama’s economic policy compare to FDR’s?” – Star Exponent, January 5, 2011. The days following Obama’s inauguration in 2009 drew comparison to the infamous first 100 days of FDR’s presidency. FDR’s New Deal policies to save America’s economy during the Great Depression are infamous. Will history look at the Obama administration’s policies in the same light? . . . Read more >>>

“How a Different America Responded to the Great Depression” – Pew Research Center, December 14, 2010. As the Pew Research Center’s analysis of exit poll data concluded, “the outcome of this year’s election represented a repudiation of the political status quo…. Fully 74% said they were either angry or dissatisfied with the federal government, and 73% disapproved of the job Congress is doing.” This outlook is in interesting contrast with many of the public’s views during the Great Depression of the 1930s. . . . Read more >>>

“The men who ruled on FDR’s Supreme Court” – Boston Globe, December 15, 2010. Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman has a great deal to work with in this collective biography of justices Hugo Black, William Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert Jackson. The title comes from a description of the high court by Alexander Bickel, Frankfurter’s former clerk and a Yale Law School professor, as “nine scorpions in a bottle.” . . . Read more >>>

“Deepening crisis traps America’s have-nots” – Telegraph, January 9, 2011.  The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis. Self-congratulation by the US authorities that they have this time avoided a repeat of the 1930s is premature. … Read more >>>

“Did Bernanke save US from another Great Depression?” – AFP, September 6, 2009.  The causes of last year’s financial upheaval remain hotly debated, but many analysts say a swift and massive response by US authorities may have averted another Great Depression. Perhaps the most important player in the crisis was Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke… Read more>>>

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.