Review Questions

  1. Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt win the 1932 presidential election by such a large margin?
  2. How did the New Dealers try to steer the nation toward recovery from the Great Depression?
  3. Why did groups at both ends of the political spectrum criticize the New Deal?
  4. What features of a welfare state did the New Deal create, and why?
  5. Why did political support for New Deal reforms decline?