Question

1. state your position: yes, the new deal was successful no, the new deal wasnt successful 2. use 3 sources of evidence to support your position. record which document each piece of evidence is from. remember that the source of your evidence affects how reliable and credible the evidence is. next to each piece of evidence note relevant sourcing information to show it is credible and reliable (for example, author, bias, audience, date written) document a: the new deal was successful because it provided employment opportunities and ease mortgage distress and grassroots document b: african americans and the new deal most new deal programs discriminated against blacks. the national recovery administration, for example, not only offered whites the first crack at jobs, but authorized separate and lower pay scales for blacks. the federal housing authority (fha) refused to guarantee mortgages for blacks who tried to buy in white neighborhoods, and the civilian conservation corps maintained segregated camps. furthermore, the social security act excluded those job categories blacks traditionally filled. the story in agriculture was particularly grim. since 40 percent of all black workers made their living as sharecroppers and tenant farmers, the agricultural adjustment administration (aaa) acreage reduction hit blacks hard. white landlords could make more money by leaving land untilled by putting land back into production. as a result, the aaa’s policies forced more than 100,000 blacks off the land in 1933 and 1934. even more galling to black leaders, the president failed to support an anti - lynching bill and a bill to abolish the poll tax. roosevelt feared that conservative southern democrats, who had seniority in congress and controlled many committee chairmanships, would block his bills if he tried to fight them on the race question. source: this excerpt is from the digital history online textbook.

Explanation:

1. Evidence 1 (Document A): This source states the New Deal created employment and reduced mortgage distress, directly supporting the success claim. It is a general summary of positive impacts, providing clear economic relief metrics.
2. Evidence 2 (Document A Context): As a core claim of New Deal success, it reflects the program's stated goal of stabilizing the economy, a primary measure of its success.
3. Evidence 3 (Counterbalance, Document B): While Document B notes discrimination, the New Deal's overarching economic recovery (jobs, mortgage relief) still marks it as successful for the broader population, as the question focuses on overall success.
4. Evidence 4 (Employment Scale): The New Deal's work programs (like CCC, WPA) employed millions, a tangible, large-scale success in reducing unemployment during the Great Depression.
5. Evidence 5 (Long-Term Framework): The New Deal established lasting systems (like Social Security, FHA) that created economic stability for future generations, a key long-term success.

Answer:

Yes, the New Deal was successful

1. Provided employment opportunities (Document A)
2. Eased mortgage distress (Document A)
3. Reduced widespread unemployment via work programs
4. Established long-term economic safety nets (e.g., Social Security)
5. Stabilized the U.S. economy during the Great Depression