Depression and Hard Times

Question 1

Hopkins is referring to people who do not have jobs because they .

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cannot find jobs

Question 2

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

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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 3

Hopkins is referring to people who do not have jobs because they .

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cannot find jobs

Question 4

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

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

Depression and Hard Times Answers