Was the New Deal a success or a failure?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Students must take a definitive stand on this question, and there is ample evidence for either case. The easiest way to argue failure is simply to point out that the New Deal did not end the Great Depression. Roosevelt's recession provides an example of how fragile the economy was. But students can also argue that the New Deal was successful because the programs gave many people some economic support, but more importantly hope for the future. Good students will also note that the New Deal helped maintain capitalism in the United States when confidence in the system was at its lowest point.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. true b. false