Depression and Hard Times

Question 1

Which questions would help a reader understand the quotation? Check all of the boxes next to answers that are correct.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Why did Harry Hopkins say what he did?; Whom was Harry Hopkins writing about?; What was Hopkins’s background?; When did Hopkins say this?

Question 2

Based on the historical context, what point is Hopkins making about unemployment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Unemployment is due to larger societal failings, not personal failings.

Depression and Hard Times Answers