Three or four million heads of families don't
turn into tramps and cheats overnight, nor do
they lose the habits and standards of a
lifetime.... They don't drink any more than
the rest of us, they don't lie any more, they're
no lazier than the rest of us.... An eighth or a
tenth of the earning population does not
change its character which has been
generations in the molding, or, if such a
change actually occurs, we can scarcely
charge it up to personal sin.
-federal relief administrator Harry
Hopkins,
1933
Hopkins is referring to people who do not have
jobs because they
✓ cannot find jobs
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Based on the historical context, what point is
Hopkins making about unemployment?
O Unemployment is due to larger societal
failings, not personal failings.
Depressions drive people to engage in poor
behaviors rather than search for jobs.
O Unemployment is directly related to changes
in moral standards.