Capitalism & the Great Depression. DATE Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C & 1D and answer the question that follows SOURCE 1B: Extract from Brother can you spare a dims? This song was very popular during the 1930s. Taken from The Modern World by Kelly and R Res In the early 1930s many Americans took to begging, asking people in the street for a dime (a ten cent coin). The words from this song became a net in 1957 Brother can you spare a dime? They used to tell me I was building a dream with peace and glory ahead. why should I be standing in line just waiting for bread? Once I built a railroad, made it run made it race against time. once I built a railroad, now it's done Brother can you spare a dime? 1.2.1 What message does the song in Source 18 convey about the socio-economic situation in the USA? 1A. (1x3/3) 1.2.2 Explain your reaction to the song in the light of Hoover's promises in Source (1/2/2) 1.2.3 When the song became very popular, the Republicans tried to ban the record (song). Explain whether this can be justified. (1x3X3) SOURCE 1C: An extract from the Age of Excess by J Broom, detailing the effects of the Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression​

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