Read the excerpt from the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell, Full of that Yankee Doodle-de-dum, Half a million boots went sloggin’ through Hell, I was the kid with the drum. What reality of the Great Depression does the excerpt convey?

The speaker recalls wearing a soldier’s uniform (“khaki suits”) and marching through war, then contrasts that service with his present hardship implied by the song’s plea for money. The excerpt conveys the plight of veterans who returned from war feeling let down and unsupported during the Great Depression. The correct choice is disillusioned returning veterans.

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