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Document 5. . . In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern,thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes haver<strong>is</strong>en; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds <strong>is</strong> faced by serious curtailment[decrease] of income; the means of exchange [money and credit] are frozen in the currentsof trade; the withered leaves [failure] of industrial enterpr<strong>is</strong>e [business] lie on every side;farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands offamilies are gone. . . .Our greatest primary task <strong>is</strong> to put people to work. <strong>Th<strong>is</strong></strong> <strong>is</strong> no unsolvable problem if weface it w<strong>is</strong>ely and courageously. It can be accompl<strong>is</strong>hed in part by direct recruiting[hiring] by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of awar, but at the same time, through th<strong>is</strong> employment, accompl<strong>is</strong>hing greatly neededprojects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources. . . .Source: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, 1933, FDR Library5a According to President Roosevelt, what two problems did Americans face in 1933? [2](1) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Score(2) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Scoreb According to th<strong>is</strong> document, what did President Roosevelt say the government should do to solve theproblems of the Great Depression? [1]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Score
Document 6Source: Clifford Berryman, Washington Star, January 5, 1934, Library of Congress (adapted)6a In th<strong>is</strong> cartoon, who does the doctor represent? [1]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Scoreb In th<strong>is</strong> cartoon, what do the bottles on the table represent? [1]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Score[OVER]
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