22. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 22: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and its Critics

**Quiz for Document 22.2: Give a Man a Job! Transcript (1933)**

Quiz for Document 22.2: Give a Man a Job! Transcript (1933)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. In “Give a Man a Job!” Jimmy Durante suggests that in 1933 the success of the New Deal depends on cooperation from

Americans with money to hire people.

President Roosevelt.

the U.S. Congress.

the owners and managers of large corporations.

2. The primary goal of Durante’s song is to express which of the following messages?

Thanks to the New Deal, Americans can now afford to go to the doctor if they are sick.

Americans should spend their money rather than save it for themselves.

Roosevelt and the New Deal have been very beneficial for the entertainment industry.

Americans can express their patriotism by hiring others to perform jobs or services.

3. “Give a Man a Job!” was created for which of the following purposes?

To build support for Roosevelt’s campaign for reelection

To promote and build support for the New Deal

To chastise American businesses for laying off employees

To demonstrate to businesses that Americans wanted jobs

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