Chapter23 The New Deal— (1932-1939)

Textbook Study Guide

Section 23-1 A New Deal Fights the Depression

  1. Read Section

2. Identify: (Define and explain the significance/IMPACT of)People to Know

brain trust (def only)Franklin D. Roosevelt

the hundred days (def only)Charles Coughlin

fireside chatDr. Francis Townsend

21st Amendment (def only)Huey Long

CWA

NRA

FERA

deficit spending (def. only)

Court Packing bill

American Liberty League

3.Answer:

A.What was the purpose of FDIC and the SEC? Why do you think these two agencies do not go away after the Depression ends?

B. What arguments might an agricultural agent (AAA) have made to a farmer who did not want to destroy crops?

C. How does Congress explain the value of creating the CCC?

Section 23-2 The Second New Deal Takes Hold

1.Read Section

2.Identify: (Define and explain the significance/lMPACT of)People to Know

1936 ElectionDorothea Lange

WPAEleanor Roosevelt

NYAJohn Steinbeck

3. Answer:

  1. History through photojournalism p. 703 #1-2.
  2. How did the New Deal attempt to help farmers and sharecroppers?
  3. How did the New Deal attempt to help laborers?
  4. Why was Social Security so controversial? Why does it pass anyway and still exist today?
  5. Why do workers drift over to the Democratic Party during the 1930s?
  6. Observe the New Deal Posters on pp. 706-7, and explain whether you think they are effective or not.

Section 23-3 The New Deal Affects Many Groups

1.Read Section.

2.Identify: (Define and explain the significance/IMPACT of)People to Know

Black CabinetFrancis Perkins

New Deal CoalitionMary McLeod Bethune

Memorial Day IncidentMarian Anderson

John L. Lewis

  1. Answer:
  1. Why did Blacks have a love-hate relationship with FDR as president?

Section 23-4 Culture in the 1930s

1.Read Section.

2.Identify: (Define and explain the significance/IMPACT of)People to Know

Gone With the WindOrson Wells

HindenburgBob Hope

The Grapes of WrathGrant Wood

Woody Guthrie

Richard Wright

3.Answer:

  1. While most other industries were struggling, why did movies flourish during the 1930s?
  2. History Through Art p. 719/ #1-2.
  3. What were the main benefits of government support (Federal Art, Theater, and Writers’ Projects) for art and literature in the 1930s? Support your thoughts with details from the text.

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Section 23-5 The Impact of the New Deal

1.Read Section.

2.Identify: (Define and explain the significance/IMPACT of)People to Know

3.Answer:

  1. Thinking Critically – Point Counterpoint p. 722 #1
  2. Look at chart on p. 723. What relationship does there seem be between deficit spending and unemployment? Why?
  3. Look at the political cartoon p. 725. What message does the cartoonist send about FDR?
  4. How is our current economic situation, bad as it is, different from that of the 1930s? Explain why.

Name ______TAKE HOME New Deal QUIZ

For each person listed define their problem(s) and then choose 2 New Deal programs from 23-1 and 2 that could solve the problem you have outlined. Problem you create must be reasonable to the description already provided. New Deal programs cannot be used twice. You must answer with your own words, do not use descriptions verbatim from the text!

Hint: if you are good at defining problems, you will have no problem making New Deal programs fit! There is more than one way to fill in the chart!

First New Deal:

Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, AAA (II), Resettlement administration/FSA, WPA, NYA, Wagner Act, NLRB, Social Security Act, REA, Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

Second New Deal:

Glass-Steagall Act, FDIC Federal Securities Act, SEC, TVA(in addition see pp.726-727), CCC, NIRA, PWA, CWA, NRA, HOLC, FERA, Southern Tenant Farmers Union (section 3)

Person / Problem / 2 New Deal Program to Aid (spell out acronyms) – NO REPEATS!
Ex. President of
A large bank / Speculation and a downturn in the economy has caused panic and people are withdrawing money from banks too fast. No confidence in banks, even sound ones. / Emergency Banking Relief Act – govt. regulates banks, lets sound ones open, closes failing banks and provides loans to those in small need.
Glass-Steagall Act- sets up FDIC to protect bank deposits up to $5,000, therefore people have confidence in the bank and will not withdraw all their savings allowing the bank to continue to stay open.
1. Iowa famer about to lose his farm to a bank.
2. Average NY stock market player.
3. Retired couple living on bank savings.
4. A playwrite
5. Southern Negro Tenant Farmer
6. A college Drop-out.
7. Union organizer in a factory that makes auto parts.
8. Farmer in Tennessee threatened by spring floods.