Cambridge IGCSE History
DS-D4How successful was the New Deal?
How successful was the New Deal? in Cambridge IGCSE History: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Specified content: Roosevelt's inauguration and the 'Hundred Days'; New Deal legislation, the 'alphabet agencies' and the changes they caused; opposition (Republicans, the rich, business, the Supreme Court, radical critics such as Huey Long); strengths and weaknesses in dealing with unemployment and the Depression.
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- DS-D4.1Describe the New Deal as introduced in 1933.
- DS-D4.2Explain how far the character of the New Deal changed after 1933.
- DS-D4.3Explain why the New Deal met opposition.
- DS-D4.4Explain why unemployment persisted despite the New Deal.
- DS-D4.5Assess whether the New Deal was a failure because it did not solve unemployment.
Lessons
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Opposition to the New Deal and its success
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The New Deal: the Hundred Days and after
30 min
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