American Cultures
Mr. Hammer
Name ________________________________________
Chapter 15: The New Deal (part 1)
Section 1 A New Deal Fights the Depression
Objectives:
A. Summarize the initial steps Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
B. Describe New Deal work programs.
C. Identify critics of FDR’s New Deal and explain their reasons.
Questions:
Americans get a New Deal
1. What was the New Deal?
2. What did Roosevelt do during the “Hundred Days?”
3. Why were FDR’s “Fireside Chats” significant/successful?
Helping the American people
1. Which New Deal programs were created to provide relief for farmers and workers?
2. What did the National Recovery Act do?
3. Which New Deal program helped homeowners?
The New Deal comes under attack
1. What did liberal and conservative critics say about the New Deal?
2. How did FDR react after the Supreme Court declared two of his programs unconstitutional?
3. What were Coughlin, Townsend, and Long offering the poor?
Section 2 The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Objectives:
A. Describe the purpose of the Second New Deal.
B. Summarize New Deal programs for farmers.
C. Identify the Second New Deal programs aimed at assisting young people and professionals.
D. Summarize labor and economic reforms carried out under the Second New Deal.
Questions:
The “Second Hundred Days.”
1. What was the Second New Deal?
2. Why was the Second New Deal so popular?
3. What was significant about the election results of 1936?
Helping farmers
1. Which legislation helped farmers?
2. How did the government help sharecroppers and migrant farmers?
Roosevelt extends Relief
1. What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
2. What was the National Youth Administration (NYA)?
Improving labor and other reforms
1. How did the New Deal help labor?
2. What benefits did the Social Security system provide?
3. How did the Second New Deal promote rural electrification?
Section 3: The New Deal Affects Many Groups
Objectives:
A. Analyze the effects of the New Deal programs on women.
B. Describe Roosevelt’s attitude towards African-Americans.
C. Identify the groups that formed the New Deal coalition.
D. Describe the typical supporter of FDR’s New Deal.
Questions:
The New Deal brings new opportunities
1. What impact did Roosevelt’s hiring of a woman to his cabinet have on the lives of women?
2. How were women typically treated in the workplace?
African-American activism
1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt influence racial politics during Roosevelt’s administration?
2. Why didn’t Roosevelt support full civil rights for African-Americans?
Mexican Americans / Native Americans
1. Why did Mexican Americans support the New Deal?
2. How did New Deal policies effect Native Americans?
FDR creates the New Deal coalition
1. Identify key components of the New Deal coalition.
2. Why were urban voters likely to support FDR?