This is a graded discussion: 25 points possible
Week 6: The New Deal
Week 6 The New Deal
Discussion
Required Resources
In your American History course, you will utilize scholarly sources to address questions in the weekly assignments. Please be advised that History.com, Wiki, Wikipedia, or websites such as cliffnotes.com, studymode.com, coursehero.com, and the like are not deemed scholarly sources. Therefore, use your course text and incorporate an additional scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library in your response.
Below is a list of resources you must choose from:Textbook: Chapter 26
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library resources below:
Sources for the Week 6 Discussion are available by accessing this link.Links to an external site.
The “Popular Data Bases” within the Library Guide for scholarly sources and videos via Search Popular History DatabasesLinks to an external site. or the History Library GuideLinks to an external site..
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, pick two (2) of the following (any program and/or act of the New Deal):
ProgramsActs
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
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.