CHAPTER
23
STUDY GUIDE
Mrs. Johnson American Studies IIC
THE
NEW DEAL
ISSUES
TO
UNDERSTAND
Answer the
following in
your notebooks:
Section One
1.
Describe what FDR was like, and what he did during hie
first Hundred Days in office.
2.
What was the significance of the Fireside Chats?
3.
Explain the importance of the work projects that were begun in America..
4. Why did some people criticize the New DeaL?
5.
What complaints did the Supreme Court have about the AAA?
Section Two
6.
What was important about Dorothea Lange's work? How does the
photo on page 671 affect you?
7. Describe the contributions of the First Lady Eleanor
Roosevelt.
8. Look over the New Deal agencies and acts on page
675. Which 3 seem most important, and why?
Section Three
9. What did Pedro Gonzalez do to bring attention to
the treatment of Mexican Americans during the New Deal?
10. How did FDR's programs affect women?
11.
What were the positive and negative effects of the New Deal on
minorities?
12. How did the black community react to Roosevelt and the
Democratic party?
13. What did the Indian Reorganization Act do?
14. Discuss the growth of union membership from
1930-1940 using the chart on page 681.
15.
Discuss the contributions of the AFL and the CIO.
16. Why did some strikes get violent?
17.
Why did FDR appeal to the urban voters? Who made up the cities?
Section Four
18.
According to Don Congdon, what
role d movies and radio play in the 1930s?
19.
What were three of the top movies of this era?.
20.
Identify five of the movie stars of the 30s? Have you ever seen
any of their films?
21.
What was the effect of the broadcast of War of the Worlds on October
31st, 1938?
22.
Identify three of the key artists and their works during this time
period.
23.
Discuss key writers of the 1930s. What types of literature were
created during the New Deal?
Section Five
24.
What did George Dobbin say about Franklin D. Roosevelt?
25.
What is deficit spending? Why was it advocated then? What
do you think about it?
26. Read over
the point/counterpoint on the New Deal. In tour opinion, what
were the greatest achievements of this period?
The greatest weaknesses?