Map Activity 1 for Chapter 24

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Map Activity 1 for Chapter 24

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Figure 24.2: MAP 24.2 ELECTORAL SHIFT, 1928–1932
Figure 24.2: The Democratic victory in 1932 signaled the rise of a New Deal coalition within which women and minorities, many of them new voters, made the Democrats the majority party for the first time in the twentieth century.

Question 24.4

READING THE MAP: How many states voted Democratic in 1928? How many states voted Republican in 1932? How many states shifted from Republican to Democratic between 1928 and 1932?

Question 24.5

CONNECTIONS: What factions within the Democratic Party opposed Franklin Roosevelt's candidacy in 1932, and why did they do so? To what do you attribute his landslide victory?