Question 1

What was the greatest threat to the stability of American society in the 1930s? Was there ever any serious threat that the United States could have turned away from democracy as many other nations did during the Depression?

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Question 2

Is it accurate to say that Franklin Roosevelt should actually be regarded as a savior of the capitalist system and a hero to American business? Why or why not?

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Question 3

Explain how Roosevelt expected each of these early New Deal efforts to aid in recovery from the Great Depression:
a. the Civilian Conservation Corps,
b. the ending of the gold standard for American currency, and
c. the National Recovery Administration.

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Question 4

How important was Eleanor Roosevelt to the New Deal's image and success? Was she more important as a role model or for her political influence on her husband?

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Question 5

The text authors conclude that Franklin Roosevelt "was in fact Hamiltonian in his espousal of big government,but Jeffersonian in his concern for the 'forgotten man.' " How did the New Deal specifically reflect this combination of "Hamiltonian means" to achieve "Jeffersonian ends"? What were the successes and failures of this approach?

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Question 6

List the major factors that brought a close to the New Deal in the late 1930s.Separate the list into those that President Roosevelt had some control over and those that he did not.Explain how the combination of these factors ended the New Deal.

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Question 7

Had you lived at the time,do you think you would have been pro- or anti-Roosevelt? Why? Cite specific actions of President Roosevelt and the New Dealers to illustrate your position.

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Question 8

Select the three most important programs of the New Deal,explain what they did,and tell why you chose these three.

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Question 9

Cite at least three New Deal programs that clearly derived from the early-twentieth-century progressive era.Also,explain how government action during World War I itself can be viewed as a precursor to the New Deal.

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Question 10

Cite evidence to demonstrate that "the most damning indictment of the New Deal was that it failed to cure the Depression." Then cite achievements of value that the New Deal did in fact accomplish.

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Question 11

Compare and contrast the first two years of the New Deal with the later New Deal after 1934.Account for the differences.

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Question 12

Among New Deal laws or programs that have become permanent parts of American life since the 1930s are Social Security,the Securities Exchange Commission,the full legalization of labor unions,and federal banking deposit insurance.What has made these laws or programs so popular and enduring? Could they ever be ended?

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Question 13

A popular slogan of the mid-1930s claimed that "Roosevelt wants you to join a union." Explain why this assertion contained some truth.

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Question 14

What role did women play in the government and intellectual life of the 1930s? How did the interests and concerns of women in this period differ from those of the 1920s (see Chapter 32)?

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Question 15

What were the benefits of hiring unemployed artists and writers through the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration?

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Question 16

What were the most enduring accomplishments of the New Deal? Which of its efforts had the least long-term impact?

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Question 17

How revolutionary was the New Deal? Evaluate the significant changes that it wrought,and determine how different the nation became because of it.

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Quiz 33: The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939