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FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with mules, near Morganza, Louisiana
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Write My Essay For MeNew Deal Programs – Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
OVERVIEW
As you’ve read in Chapter 21 in your text, the New Deal programs and agencies, created under the leadership of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had a powerful impact on the relationship of government to the people of the United States.
You’ve encountered an ‘alphabet soup’ of programs such as AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration), NRA (National Recovery Administration), CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), PWA (Public Works Administration), CWA (Civil Works Administration), and TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) but this assignment give you a chance to explore the impact of the New Deal.
Through this assignment, you’ll examine primary sources, both photographs and life histories, to develop a sense of the profound impact the Great Depression had on real people’s lives.
INSTRUCTIONS
- This assignment has 2 parts. Part 1 is Photo Analysis and Part 2 is Oral History Analysis.
- Download the Lesson 4 New Deal Parts 1 and 2 Photograph and Oral History Analysis Answer Sheet
- Respond to all of the questions on the Answer Sheet. Be sure to save your document and upload the file when you are ready to submit your assignment for grading.
- Do not submit your answers in the Comment section of the assignment area.
- Do not submit your answers in the Comment section of the assignment area.
PART 1: Photo Analysis
Part One Photo Analysis gives you a chance to critically view historical photographs from the Great Depression Era.
1. Examine Photographs from the Great Depression, selected from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives.
2. Select 1 photograph from each of the 5 categories (Refugees, Houses, Hooverville, Men’s dormitory, WPA)
3. Record your thoughts and observations using the Part 1 section of your Answer Sheet and respond to the questions describing the life circumstances portrayed in the photos to review the social conditions occurring during the Great Depression.
Click on the captions below to see the photographs and then click the ‘+ View Larger’ link below each picture.
