Passage 1 Passage 2
In Passage 1, what do the underlined
phrases on page 3 suggest about economic
recovery?
In these passages, Presidents Ronald Reagan and
Barack Obama present solutions for dealing with a
recession. A recession is defined as a length of time
when the economy slows, businesses struggle, and
unemployment rates rise.
It will require the work of many people.
It will take a short time to accomplish.
Radio Address to the Nation
on the Program for Economic
Recovery-April 3, 1982
by President Ronald Reagan
It will take sacrifice to achieve it.
It will require a controlled response.
These aren't easy times for a great
many of you. Yesterday we were told that
unemployment has gone up another
two-tenths of 1 percent-equal to the
unemployment rate we had in 1975 as we
began to come out of that recession.
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