Chapter23 The New Deal— (1932-1939)

Textbook Study Guide

Section 23-1 A New Deal Fights the Depression

  1. Read Section
  2. Vocabulary:

to alleviate

to rig

to dismantle

deficit spending

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

brain trustFranklin D. Roosevelt

the hundred days Charles Coughlin

fireside chatDr. Francis Townsend

21st AmendmentHuey Long

Court Packing bill

American Liberty League

Share-Our-Wealth

4.Answer:

AWork on New Deal Chart, Part I: Glass-Steagall Act, FDIC Federal Securities Act, SEC, TVA(in addition see pp.726-727), CCC, NIRA, PWA, CWA, NRA, HOLC, FERA,

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

Section 23-2 The Second New Deal Takes Hold

1.Read Section

2. Vocabulary

distitute

migrant

garments

collective

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

1936 ElectionDorothea Lange

Eleanor Roosevelt

John Steinbeck

4. Answer:

  1. Continue New Deal Chart: 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,
  2. History through photojournalism p. 703 #1-2.
  3. 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. Vocabulary

alignment

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

Southern Tenant Farmers UnionFrancis Perkins

New Deal CoalitionMary McLeod Bethune

Memorial Day IncidentMarian Anderson

John L. Lewis

4.Answer:

A. Do Guided Reading 23-3

Section 23-4 Culture in the 1930s

  1. Read Section.
  2. Vocabulary

legacy

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

HindenburgBob Hope

Woody Guthrie

OVER

4.Answer:

  1. Do Guided reading 23-4
  2. While most other industries were struggling, why did movies flourish during the 1930s?
  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.

Section 23-5 The Impact of the New Deal

1.Read Section.

2. Vocabulary:

to plague

parity

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

3.Answer:

  1. Do Guided reading 23-5
  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?