Which statement best represents the economic status of farm ...

[arivle123]

Which statement best represents the economic status of farm families during the 1930s?
 
  A) Because farm families were property owners, they suffered less than other segments of society during the depression.
  B) Many farm families gave up because of debt and the drought.
  C) In rural America, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and the abandonment of farms were rare because communities stuck together.
  D) Three-fourths of the farms folded during the depression.
  E) Because of the swift implementation of New Deal reforms, farm families prospered from 1933 onward.

Question 2

Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal?
 
  A) It never fell below 75 percent.
  B) As late as 1939 more than 17 percent of the labor force remained jobless.
  C) New Deal social and economic programs virtually eliminated unemployment for the first time in American history.
  D) The jobless rate crept steadily upward from 1932 until 1945.
  E) It never exceeded 7.5 even though politicians exaggerated the crisis for their own benefit.

[onowka]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B