The New Deal implementation & legacy
The New Deal – Implementation & Legacy
Directions: Complete the reading listed below. Then type out your answers to the questions. You should submit your answers to Canvass and be prepared to discuss your answers to these questions in class on the day they are due. When defining a term listed below, it’s ok to do some basic internet research. Make sure what you find on the internet matches what you uncover in the readings.
Readings:
- Brinkley, CH23, “The Great Depression”
- Brinkley, CH 24, “The New Deal”
- Polenberg, “Introduction: Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Liberalism”
- Draw up a chart of New Deal Programs but place each New Deal initiative into one of the categories listed below.
~ It’s ok to complete this chart by conducting internet searches for these terms ~
|
Labor actions |
Agricultural programs |
Relief and Welfare programs |
Structural reforms to banking, finance, & economy |
Business programs – industrial recovery |
- What was the New Deal pollical coalition? Why did African Americans begin to vote for Democrats in large numbers during the 1930s?
- Write a paragraph and reflect on the legacy of the New Deal and FDR’s approach to solving the problems of the Great Depression. How did the New Deal change the way people understood the role of government in society?
~ Conclude by reflecting on the current political climate and weather or not this New Deal approach to solving problems still has an important meaning to today’s concerns and why?
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