Base your answers to the following question on the quote below. ...2. We propose to limit the amount any one man can earn in one year or inherit to $1 million to the person. 3. Now, by limiting the size of the fortunes and incomes of the big men, we will throw into the government Treasury the money and property from which we will care for the millions of people who have nothing; and with this money we will provide a home and the comforts of home, with such common conveniences as radio and automobile, for every family in America, free of debt — Senator Huey Long, 1935
Based on these statements by Senator Long, one
reason for the suffering caused by the Great
Depression was the
(1) failure of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to
sign relief legislation
(2) overproduction of military equipment
(3) uneven distribution of income that favored
the rich
(4) failure of labor unions to accept shorter work
days