Question

The Great Depression made it difficult for citizens to meet their basic needs.

Which best supports the controlling idea?

During the depression, children worked long hours at dangerous jobs to help at home.
Eventually, people started to travel to Florida again, and the citrus crops began to recover.
President Franklin Roosevelt was working hard to repair the country.
Once the United States entered WWII, the Great Depression was officially over.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Thoughts on this?

Since the main idea is that the Great Depression made it hard for people to meet their ideas, which sentence best supports (demonstrates, gives evidence for, etc.) this idea?

If you’re having trouble, try using process of elimination. The last statement is simply saying when the depression was over which is not good support for the main idea.