Effects of the New Deal and Culture of the Great Depression Jigsaw
- Women Help Lead the New Deal (Sarah Dillon, Omar, Chelsa)
- How did Eleanor Roosevelt transform the position of First Lady?
- How was the growing influence of women reflected in FDR’s administration?
- What impact did the New Deal have on women?
- How did Eleanor Roosevelt help support FDR’s administration?
- How did Eleanor Roosevelt’s work affect FDR’s popularity and programs?
- African Americans Make Advances and Face Challenges and The New Deal Affects Native Americans (Sam, Nahani, Aaron, Madeline, Freddy)
- What did the Black Cabinet do?
- Was the Black Cabinet effective in influencing Roosevelt on issues that were important to African Americans?
- Why did African American voting patterns change between 1932 and 1940?
- How did the New Deal affect African Americans?
- What was the goal of the Indian New Deal?
- What major problem in Native American communities did the New Deal era Indian Reorganization Ace seek to solve?
- Why did the Navajo resent and distrust the Navajo Livestock Reduction program?
- In what ways did the New Deal alter the U.S. policies toward Native Americans?
- The New Deal Creates a New Political Coalition (Corinne, Jason, Vanessa, James)
- Which group formed the New Deal Coalition?
- How did the New Deal coalition change the balance of power in Washington?
- How did the New Deal policies affect ethnic and social divisions?
- The Role of Government Expands (Stu, Alyssa, Dave, Curtis)
- How did the New Deal increase the role of government in the lives of American workers?
- How did the government increase its connection to American farmers in the New Deal era?
- What is the welfare state?
- Why was this a radical change for the United States?
- How did the New Deal programs help the environment?
- Did the New Deal programs have any negative effects on the environment?
- How did FDR change the nature of the presidency?
- What law was passed to limit presidential power after Roosevelt’s death?
- Why did some people think this law was needed?
- In what ways did the role of the federal government grow during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency?
- Movies and Radio Captivate Americans (Mickey, Edward, Jake, Trevor, Shawn)
- How did the song “Over the Rainbow” appeal to people during the depression?
- What was the main reason for the popularity of bands, mvies and radio programs during the 1930’s?
- How did FDR use the radio?
- What were some of the most important popular cultural trends of the 1930’s?
- The New Deal and the Arts and The Literature of the Depression (Kellie, Austin, Esther, Michael)
- Why did the New Deal programs pay unemployed artists, just as it paid unemployed carpenters and truck drivers?
- How did the WPA help actors, musicians, and writers?
- Why did Congressional support for the program decrease at the end of the 1930’s?
- Many Depression era novels included working class heroes. Why?
- How does the story of the Joads in The Grapes of Wrath mirror what Americans were experiencing in their everyday lives?
- In what ways did the New Deal support American arts?
- Describe the most notable works of literature of the 1930’s?