Read the excerpt from the interview with e. y. (yip) harburg.

we thought american business was the rock of gibraltar. we were the prosperous nation, and nothing could stop us now. a brownstone house was forever. you gave it to your kids and they put marble fronts on it. there was a feeling of continuity. if you made it, it was there forever. suddenly the big dream exploded. the impact was unbelievable.

based on the excerpt and your historical knowledge, why did the stock market crash make americans lose confidence in business?
-other industries became more successful and provided needed jobs.
-most successful business owners refused to assist those in need.
-americans realized that business was not immune to failure and could collapse.
-average americans became the victims of unethical business owners.

-Americans realized that business was not immune to failure and could collapse.

Explanation:

In these lines, the author talks about the impact that the failure of businesses had on the American psyche. He tells us that before this period, Americans had an implicit trust on the continuity of business. However, after this period, they realized that business was not immune to failure. The passage does not mention anything about new industries, the role of business owners or the ethics of business.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1.c

2.a

3.d