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Life in the New Deal Era

Life in the New Deal Era. boosted family incomes so that children could stay in school. helped modernize the South. New Deal Programs. broke down class barriers. provided jobs, improved people’s sense of self worth. brought electricity to rural areas. The New Deal: The Works Progress

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Life in the New Deal Era

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  1. Life in the New Deal Era boosted family incomes so that children could stay in school helped modernize the South New Deal Programs broke down class barriers provided jobs, improved people’s sense of self worth brought electricity to rural areas

  2. The New Deal: The Works Progress Administration CHAPTER 16

  3. SECTION 1 provide flood control provide electricity provide recreational facilities combat malaria improve standard of living combat illiteracy combat soil erosion Restoring Hope TVA Goals for the Tennessee River Valley

  4. SECTION 4 The New Deal and the Arts COMMON THEMES OF NEW DEAL ERA NOVELS, FILMS, AND PLAYS themes of depression, depression-era experiences of ethnic minorities, economic chaos Novels “escapist themes”, exploration of social issues Films Plays Labor and class struggles, upper-class greed, traditional American values

  5. The WPA “Dollar”

  6. WPA: The Federal Arts Project

  7. Artists of the WPA

  8. Kansas Cityfrom Politics, Farming, & the Law Thomas Hart Benton,1936

  9. The Annual Moveby Otis Dozier, 1936

  10. Construction of the Damby William Gropper

  11. Women of Flint, MIby Joseph Varak

  12. WPA: The Federal Music Project

  13. WPA: The Federal Theater Project

  14. The Cradle Will Rock, 1937 The theater, when it’s good, is always dangerous! Orson Welles & John Houseman

  15. WPA: The Federal Writers Project

  16. WPA Bookbinding

  17. The Federal Writers Project: WPA Travel Guides

  18. The American Guide Series

  19. The Federal Writers Project: Oral Histories

  20. Former SlaveInterviews

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