The Great Depression greatly
exacerbated and highlighted the
depths of hunger in America. In
response, in 1933, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s administration set up
a New Deal agency (Federal Surplus
Relief Corporation/Federal Surplus
Commodities Corporation) to
distribute surplus food, such as pork
and dairy products, to those in
need. Part of this effort included the
first federal implementation of a
school lunch program. The agency
placed representatives in each state
to work with local schools to spur
participation, which grew more than
five-fold from about 900,000 students
in 1939 to 5.2 million in 1942
Which quotation best supports the author’s belief that many families were in need of food?
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The Great Depression
highlighted the depths of hunger in America
implementation of a school lunch program
grew more than five fold