Excerpt from President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address “We Have Only Just Begun to Fight,” October 31, 1936
For twelve years this Nation was afflicted with hear-nothing, see-nothing, do-nothing Government. The Nation looked to Government but the Government looked away. Nine mocking years with the golden calf and three long years of the scourge! Nine crazy years at the ticker and three long years in the breadlines! Nine mad years of mirage and three long years of despair! Powerful influences strive today to restore that kind of government with its doctrine that that Government is best which is most indifferent.
For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up.
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. . . .
Of course we will continue to seek to improve working conditions for the workers of America—to reduce hours over-long, to increase wages that spell starvation, to end the labor of children, to wipe out sweatshops. . . .
Of course we will continue our efforts in behalf of the farmers of America. . . .
Of course we will provide useful work for the needy unemployed; we prefer useful work to the pauperism of a dole. . . .
Of course we will continue our efforts for young men and women so that they may obtain an education and an opportunity to put it to use. . . .
For these things, too, and for a multitude of others like them, we have only just begun to fight.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
What does the excerpt suggest about the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties?
A.
The prosperity came at the expense of the nation’s productive resources.
B.
The prosperity was concentrated within a dwindling upper class of industrial giants.
C.
The prosperity hid unsound financial practices on the part of businesses and consumers.
D.
The prosperity resulted from government economic controls that could not be sustained.