An American History
832 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal economy. It aimed, said Lewis, at nothing less than to secure “economic free- dom and industrial d ...
THE GRASSROOTS REVOLT ★^833 helped to stabilize a chaotic employment situation and offered members a sense of dignity and freedo ...
834 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal state government. He used his dictato- rial power to build roads, schools, and hospitals and to in ...
THE SECOND NEW DEAL ★^835 Other religious leaders of various denominations took advantage of the mass media to spread their beli ...
836 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal electric power to homes that lacked it—80 percent of farms were still without electricity in 1934— ...
THE SECOND NEW DEAL ★^837 opportunity to view exhibitions of American art. Also in 1935, Congress created the National Youth Adm ...
838 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal The Social Security System Some New Dealers desired a program funded by the federal government’s g ...
A RECKONING WITH LIBERTY ★^839 happiness.” The 1930s produced an outpouring of books and essays on free- dom. The large majority ...
840 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal to Roosevelt’s policies, they called it the American Liberty League. Robert Taft of Ohio, leader o ...
A RECKONING WITH LIBERTY ★^841 the “average man.” Economic rights, he went on, were the precondition of liberty—poor men “are no ...
VOICES OF FREEDOM 842 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal From Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Fireside Chat” (1934) President Roosevelt pioneered ...
VOICES OF FREEDOM ★^843 In California, we find a curious attitude toward a group that makes our agriculture suc- cessful. The mi ...
844 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal by both the federal government and the states. It upheld a minimum wage law of the state of Washin ...
THE LIMITS OF CHANGE ★^845 Per centage of civilian labor for ce unemployed Year 19251927 1930 1933 1936 1939 1942 1945 30 25 20 ...
846 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal But even as the New Deal increased women’s visibility in national politics, organized feminism, al ...
THE LIMITS OF CHANGE ★^847 positions. Despite his personal pop- ularity, Roosevelt felt he could not challenge the power of sout ...
848 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal humiliating stigma of dependency on government handouts, which would soon come to be known as “wel ...
THE LIMITS OF CHANGE ★^849 strong urging of local authorities in the Southwest. A majority of those “encour- aged” to leave the ...
850 ★ CHAPTER 21 The New Deal abandoned his earlier goal of racial integration as unrealistic for the foresee- able future. Blac ...
THE LIMITS OF CHANGE ★^851 existing racial boundaries. Nearly all municipalities, North as well as South, insisted that housing ...
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