Study
Questions & Essay Topics
Always use specific historical examples to support
your arguments.
Study Questions
1. In your opinion,
was Roosevelt’s New Deal a success or a failure?
2. Why did the
New Deal lose steam in
1938 and
1939?
3. Which had greater
immediate effect on the American economy, the First New Deal or
the Second New Deal? Which had greater long-term significance after
the end of the Great Depression?
Suggested Essay Topics
1. Explain how three of the following
affected American politics or society during the 1920s:
Warren G. Harding
the Teapot Dome scandal
the Five-Power Naval Treaty
the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
Prohibition
the Scopes Monkey Trial
2. What were some of the causes
of the Great Depression? How did Hoover’s policies worsen the effects?
3. How did the Great Depression
and New Deal transform American politics?
4. Some contemporary critics
accused Roosevelt of being a dictator. Defend or refute this claim.
