DNL T°1/ Roosevelt & the New Deal

Main question

DNL TD°1 :

GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck :

Read the two texts, choose one, highlight the unknown words, write what comes next.

II. The New Deal: Roosevelt’s Response

III. Reforming Capitalism: Balancing Socialism and Liberalism

How did Roosevelt show a way to solve the first major crisis of capitalism?

Read the documents and highlight the information that seems most useful to you.
You are in 1936, during the presidential election between two major candidates (Republican Alf Landon and Democrat Roosevelt). The crisis has lasted for seven years now, and Roosevelt has already served one term. Write a dialogue between the two. One defends Roosevelt and the New Deal, while the other supports capitalism without government intervention.
Create a campaign poster (just one, either for or against the New Deal). Present it to the class at the end.

Economic crisis	New Deal Programs and Policies	Social Aspects	Political and Electoral Context	Ideology
Wall Street Crash	minimum wage	unemployment lines	campaign rhetoric	welfare state
deflation	social security pensions	homelessness	challenger	social safety net
speculation	Rural Electrification Administration (REA)	labor strikes	fundraising	state intervention
gold standard	Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)	African American migration	opinion poll	liberalism
foreclosures	Emergency Banking Act	child labor	policy proposal	laissez-faire
stock market collapse	Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)	racial segregation	taxation	federal responsibility
overproduction	TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)	Dust Bowl	electoral college	socialism/communism