CULTURE IN THE 1930s
Section
4, Chapter 15
Use your
book to briefly discuss the importance of each picture to the culture of the
1930s.
MOVIE
STARS---------------------------------
Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrich James Cagney
----------------FEATURE
FILMS--------------
Gone
with the Wind Flying Down To
Wizard of Oz
Monkey Business
Duck Soup
Mr. Deeds goes
Rio
to
town
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ENTERTAINS
Orson Welles
Bob Hope
WORLD
WIDE BROADCASTS
ARTISTS DECORATE
AMERICA————————————
American Gothic
Nighthawks Thomas
Hart Benton
Woody
Guthrie
Grant Wood
Edward Hopper
DIVERSE WRITERS DEPICT
AMERICAN LIFE-------------------
Saul Bellow
Richard Wright
Zora Neale Hurston
John Steinbeck Jack Conroy
James Agee
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Lecture
Section 5, Chapter 15
THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL
I. New Deal
Reforms Endure
A. During his second
term in office, FDR hinted at plans to…
1. FDR did not favor...
2. By 1937, the economy had improved enough to convince many Americans
that
….
3. Congress gets FDR to scale back New Deal programs and as a result…
4. The New Deal Era was over as FDR focused on Europe and the
threat of the
Dictators.
B. Supporters and
Critics of the New Deal
1.
Most conservatives think FDR’s policies made the federal govt….
2. Liberal critics argued that FDR did not do enough to…
3. Supporters contend that there was a reasonable balance of
________________
& _________________.
C.
Expanding Government’s Role in the Economy
1. Roosevelt Administration expanded the government by giving it a
more…
2. It did this by combining _____________, __________________,
____________
__________, and by increasing the ______________________ in settling
labor
and management disputes.
3. Agencies such as the ______and the _____ were created to regulate
banking and
investment activities.
4. Although the New Deal did not end the Depression, it did help to
reduce the
suffering of thousands of men, women and children.
5. What ended the Depression—massive amounts of spending on an upcoming
____________________!
D. Protecting Workers’ Rights and Banking and Finance
1. New Deal legislation had a lasting effect on….
2. The Wagner Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act set standards for
wages and
hours, banned child labor, and ensured the right of workers to organize
and to
bargain with employers.
3. Today, the _____created under the Wagner Act continues to act as….
4. New Deal legislation created new policies in the areas….
5. The ____created in 1934 continues to monitor the stock market and
enforce laws.
6. The ______ insures individual accounts up to $__________.
II. Social and Environmental Effects
A. One of the
most important legacies of the New Deal was_____________________
__________________________________ of its citizens with the_____________
________________
1. Social Security provided….
2. Social Security provided….
3. Social Security would give aid to the….
B. The
Rural Scene
1. New Deal farm legislation set quotas on
the production of crops such as wheat
to control surpluses.
2. Under the second Agricultural Adjustment Act, loans were made to
farmers by
the…
3. The value of the loans was determined by the amount of a farmer’s
surplus crops
and the parity price; a
price….
4. Establishing agricultural price supports set a precedent of federal
aid to farmers
that continued into the 2000’s.
C. The Environment
1. The New Deal promoted politics designed to protect the nation’s…
2. The ______planted trees, created hiking trails, and built fire lookout
towers.
3. The _________________ taught farmers how to conserve the soil.
4. The ___________________ helped to reduce grazing on public lands.
5. The _______ harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help
prevent
disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley.