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| CHAPTER 28 | NEW DEAL AMERICA | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1921 |
FDR contracted polio |
| 1932 |
Bonus Army march |
| 1933–April 1945 |
Franklin Roosevelt’s administrations |
| March 4–June 16, 1933 |
The Hundred Days |
| May 1933 |
Tennessee Valley Authority created |
| 1934 |
Indian Reorganization Act passed |
| 1935 |
Second New Deal initiatives |
| May 1935 |
Schecter Poultry Corp. v. United States |
| July 1935 |
Wagner Act passed |
| August 1935 |
Social Security started |
| 1936 |
AFL expelled CIO |
| 1937 |
Court-packing plan presented |
| 1939 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| 1939 |
Gone with the Wind |
| 1940 |
Native Son |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Assess the character and appeal of FDR.
- Identify the sources for New Deal legislation.
- Explain the New Deal approaches to the problems of recovery in industry
and agriculture.
- Summarize the criticisms made of the New Deal by the left and the right.
- Describe New Deal efforts to deal with unemployment and welfare.
- Evaluate the changes in the United States wrought by the New Deal.
- Understand the outpouring of literature of social significance during the
1930s.
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