Review Questions

1. Question

   Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt win the 1932 presidential election by such a large margin? (“Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government”)

2. Question

   How did the New Dealers try to steer the nation toward recovery from the Great Depression? (“Launching the New Deal”)

3. Question

   Why did groups at both ends of the political spectrum criticize the New Deal? (“Challenges to the New Deal”)

4. Question

   What features of a welfare state did the New Deal create and why? (“Toward a Welfare State”)

5. Question

   Why did political support for New Deal reforms decline? (“The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock”)