COURSE
HIST405N United States History
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 24 (Section 24.4), 25, 26
- Lesson
- Link (video): A New Deal: Part 5Links to an external site. (7:20)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: IntroductionLinks to an external site. (Read this introduction before exploring the other links in this discussion.)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress ResourcesLinks to an external site. (Explore the links under Sections and Topic for specific New Deal Programs.)
- Link (website): New Deal Programs: Selected Library of Congress Resources: Digitized MaterialsLinks to an external site. (Explore the links for primary sources including audio recordings, written narratives, photographs, posters, and music.)
- Link (website): President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New DealLinks to an external site. (Review the documents and interviews on this site.)
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to noted resources)
Initial Post Instructions:
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following (any program and/or act of the New Deal):
| Programs | Acts |
| Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA) Civil Works Administration (CWA) Works Progress Administration (WPA) Farm Security Administration (FSA) |
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Economy Act Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA) National Employment System Act (Wagner-Peyser Act) Home Owners Loan Act National Industrial Recovery Act (NIA) Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act) Securities & Exchange Act Emergency Relief Appropriation Act Resettlement Administration (RA) Rural Electrification Administration (REA) National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) Social Security Act Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) |
Reflecting over the weekly reading and lesson video The New Deal Coalition (also linked in the Required Resources), address the following for your selections:
- Consider workers, immigrants, and African Americans. Explain how minorities were represented by the New Deal.
- Analyze to what extent you think that the New Deal effectively ended the Great Depression and restored the economy.
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different events, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same events, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.
Writing Requirements
- Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)
- APA format for in-text citations and list of references
ANSWER
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