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The Enduring Vision,
Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
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Chapter 24:
The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939
- What caused the huge stock market boom in 1928-1929 and its subsequent crash in October 1929? How did the practice of buying
on margin contribute to both boom and bust?
- Compare the New Deal's attitudes toward urban Democratic political machines and bosses with those of the earlier progressive reformers.
- Which groups made up the new Democratic coalition that reelected Roosevelt
by a landslide in 1936? Why was each group attracted to the New Deal?
- Discuss the record of the New Deal on conservation and the environment.
- Describe Roosevelt's court-packing plan. Why did he propose it? Did he win or lose the fight
to remake the Supreme Court? Why?
- What caused the "Roosevelt recession"? What did the New Deal do to combat it?
- What brought about the end of the New Deal in 1939?
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