Question

Read this excerpt from US President Franklin Roosevelt’s first inaugural address in 1933.

The withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.

More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence.

On the basis of this excerpt, what is one improvement Roosevelt was likely to strive for?

less industrial waste
an increase in jobs
more farmlands
a decrease in produce

Answer 1

An increase in jobs — the passage highlights widespread unemployment and the "grim problem of existence," so Roosevelt would seek to create jobs.