Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.Everybody picked the song up in ’30 and ’31. Bands were playing it and records were made. When Roosevelt was a candidate for President, the Republicans got pretty worried about it. Some of the network radio people were told to lay low on the song. In some cases, they tried to ban it from the air. But it was too late. The song had already done its damage. From the content of the excerpt, it can be inferred that
Answer
A
the money Harburg made from the song made him a very wealthy man.
B
the song and its message struck a chord with the American public.
C
the Republican Party lost the elections of that particular year.
D
the president was a big fan of Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney.
Explanation
The excerpt says bands played the song, records were made, and radio networks tried to ban it only after it had already “done its damage.” This suggests the song had become popular and its message had already influenced listeners. Therefore, the best inference is that the song and its message struck a chord with the American public.
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