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"We in America are nearer to the . . . triumph over poverty than ever before." "The country needs and . . . demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." |
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1. Trace the underlying and immediate causes of the Great Depression and the failure of President Herbert Hoover's policies to curb it. 2. Examine the relationship among the political, social, and economic views of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his handling of the Great Depression. 3. Trace the changing relations between government and business during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. How did these changes affect organized labor? 4. Describe any two of the following and analyze the ways in which each of them attempted to fashion a more stable economy and a more equitable societyWagner National Labor Relations Act; Agricultural Adjustment Act; Securities and Exchange Commission; Social Security Act. 5. Explain the criticisms leveled against FDR's New Deal from the political right and the political left and discuss alternatives proposed. 6. Examine the impact of the Great Depression and its New Deal policies on any three of the followingblacks; women; city dwellers; farmers; the family. |
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