Chapter 23 New Deal HW

You will be assigned one of five topics listed on the upcoming slides

that relate to President Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal programs

of the 1930s. You are to prepare written “Talking Points” notes that

would assist you in verbally answering the question on your slide

during class on Tuesday 3/3.

New Deal HW #1How did the creation of the FDIC, NRA & AAA during the early

stages of the New Deal represent a major change in Federal

government policies?

See pp. 724 - 728 in text and internet.

New Deal HW #2How did the creation of the Social Security, TVA & WPA as part of the Second New

deal represent a major change in Federal government policies?

See pp. 732, 744 & 746 in text and internet .

New Deal

HW #3

Why did some

Americans from

BOTH the right

wing and left

wing criticize the

“New Deal”?

See pages 729-731 in

text and internet.

New Deal HW # 4

How did the New Deal impact the judicial and fiscal policies

of the federal government?See pages 734-735 in text and internet.

New Deal HW #5How effective was the New Deal in assisting unions, women & blacks?

See pages 736-738 in text and internet.

1) Just after he was elected President, a friend told FDR that if the New Deal was effective he would be

considered the greatest American president. Why did he respond, “if I’m not, I’ll be the last”?

2) Describe the difference in personality and style between Hoover & FDR

3) Why did FDR pretend to walk to his inauguration?

4) Why did FDR liken himself to a quarterback when describing his leadership of the New Deal?

5) What were a few reasons for FDR’s popularity among average Americans?

6) How was Eleanor Roosevelt different from previous presidential wives?

7) What did Father Coughlin & Huey Long all criticize about the New Deal? Why?

8) Why did Republicans in Congress & business leaders dislike the New Deal?

9) Describe a few projects taken on by the New Deal agencies – why were these projects controversial?

10) Who considered FDR to be a “traitor to his class” and why?

PBS Documentary

FDR: The Grandest Job in the World

Discussion Questions

FDR’s

New Deal

in

Cartoons

FOR

REVIEW

Look at

each

cartoon

and be

able to

answer

question

The New Deal: Crash

Course US History #33

Chapter 23: The Great Depression & the New Deal (1929-1939)

Causes of Great Depression (end of Ch. 22) Great Depression Impact on Families Herbert Hoover’s Economic Policies

Reconstruction Finance Corporation Bonus Army FDR’s Fireside Chats

Key “Alphabet Soup” New Deal Agencies to know: AAA, WPA, TVA, CCC, FDIC, NRA, Social Security, SEC

the Liberty League Charles Coughlin & Huey Long “Welfare State”

Wagner Act “Court Packing” Controversy Deficit Spending (Keynesian Economics)

Eleanor Roosevelt African-Americans & the New Deal Indian Reorganization Act

Dust Bowl Migrants Federal Arts Project Political Legacies of the New Deal

What does the

cartoon

suggest about

the

relationship

between FDR

and Congress

after the 1932

election?

(Context)

What

criticism

does the

cartoon

subtly

make

about the

New Deal?

(Purpose)

Who would agree with the message conveyed in the

cartoon about the National Recovery Administration

(NRA)? Why? (Audience)

Why is it likely

that this cartoon

was drawn by a

Republican?

What does the

cartoon

illustrate about

the idea of

“Keynesian”

economics?

(POV)

Explain how this cartoon is making the same criticism of

the New Deal as the previous one. (POV)

What

criticism of

New Deal

programs

is this

cartoon

making?

(Purpose)

“control of the government”

Explain how this cartoon illustrates that the

public perception of the New Deal was based

largely on someone's social status. (POV)

What do the

results of the

1936

presidential

election

illustrate

about the

impacts of

criticisms of

the New Deal

in previous

cartoons?

(Context)

Is the person

who drew

the cartoon

likely a

Democrat or

a

Republican?

Why?

(Audience)

This cartoon was

drawn following

the striking down

of the NRA and

AAA by the

Supreme Court

and after FDR

was re-elected in

1936.

Who would agree

with the cartoon?

Why?

(Audience)

What do

these

statistics

suggest

about

the

impacts

FDR’s

New

Deal?