Read the last lines of “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” What do these lines suggest about the social consequences of the Great Depression?

The speaker reminds a former friend, “don’t you remember, I’m your pal?” before asking for a dime. This suggests that people who had once been close could be overlooked or abandoned when they became unemployed and poor. The best answer is “People who were unemployed were sometimes forgotten by friends and neighbors.”

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