Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

Alabama State IconThe above objectives correspond with the following Alabama Course of Study Objectives: ACOS 5.1Analyzing radio, movies, newspapers, and popular magazines for their impact on the creation of mass culture and ACOS 5.2Analyzing works of major American artists and writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and H. L. Mencken, to characterize the era of the 1920s.

 

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Civilian Conservation Corp constructing road
 
Civilian Conservation Corp constructing road.
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Civilian Conservation Corp Road Construction Project

 

Overview

In marked contrast to Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) took drastic steps immediately upon assuming the presidency in March 1933. In his famous first "one hundred days," he pushed programs through Congress to provide relief, create jobs, and stimulate economic recovery. In 1935, he won passage of a record set of programs, the most prominent being the monumental Social Security Act. Roosevelt's bold experimentation slowly improved economic conditions—even as the economy continued to struggle—and gave Americans the sense that the government would hereafter take a much greater role in society.

 

 

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