Source A Source B In the Great Depression in which I gr…
Source A Source B In the Great Depression in which I grew up and remember vividly, unemployment was over 25 percent and over 35 percent where I lived. A grown man would work all day, 16 hours, for a dollar. I remember hundreds of people walking by, people who had come down from the North just to get warm. They would come to our house as beggars even though they might have a college education. People didn’t have money. They bartered; they’d trade eggs or pigs. It was just completely different. Jimmy Carter Taken from an interview in 2009. Jimmy was 85 years old. 1. Study the sources below and answer the questions that follow Study Sources A and B. How far does Source A support Source B about the difficulties faced during the Great Depression? Explain your answer. (4)
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