Writing Workshop: The New Deal

Question 1

Read the claim.The New Deal allowed Americans to recover from the Great Depression.Which type of evidence would best support this claim?

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D: government statistics on how many jobs the New Deal created

Question 2

Read the writing prompt.How did the Great Depression affect American society? Your argument should include a clear claim and evidence that is both relevant and sufficient.Which responses best address this prompt? Select two options.The Great Depression caused changes in the relationship between Americans and the rest of the world.The effects of the Great Depression are still poorly understood by modern American students.The Great Depression caused Americans to seek new solutions, leading to the rise of a welfare state.The suffering of the Great Depression caused many to doubt the effectiveness of American capitalism.The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1939, was one of the most difficult periods for the American people.

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C: The Great Depression caused Americans to seek new solutions, leading to the rise of a welfare state.; D: The suffering of the Great Depression caused many to doubt the effectiveness of American capitalism.

Question 3

When revising an argumentative essay, it is important to use a formal style throughout. Which of these elements make up such a style? Select three options.contractionsabbreviationsan objective toneprecise languagecomplete sentences

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C: an objective tone; D: precise language; E: complete sentences

Question 4

Read the passage.The stock market crashed in 1929. Jobs were scarce. Many people went without an income. Families were forced to leave their homes. The New Deal included many programs. They helped the economy recover from economic despair.

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B: Because jobs were scarce, many people went without an income.

Question 5

Read the essay prompt.Does government spending stimulate the economy? Answer with a well-researched argumentative essay.What essay topic would best address this prompt?

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C: an opinion on the effects of government spending

Question 6

Read this excerpt from an interview in which a person makes a counterclaim that New Deal programs like the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were not successful.Bob [Hawley] says if anyone paid him twenty-eight dollars a week while he was loafin' he'd never go to work. Said he never made that much in the shop when he was workin' and he got along fine. . . . "You give me twenty-eight dollars a week for the rest of my life, and see [how] much work I'll do.” So there they were.

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D: “One reason people here don't like WPA is because they don't understand. . . . They'd never have had the new High School they're so . . . proud of if it hadn't been for WPA. They don't stop to figure that new brick sidewalks wouldn't be there . . . if it weren't for WPA projects.”

Question 7

Read this counterclaim by an opponent of the New Deal.Herbert Hoover, a Republican opponent of the Democrat Roosevelt, believed that the government’s role was to stay out of the way of private relief efforts and to not provide direct relief for the people. Therefore, his supporters called New Deal programs expensive, ineffective, and unconstitutional.

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C: Millions of Americans were employed and gained relief through the government’s programs.

Question 8

Read the claim and counterclaim about the New Deal.Supporters of President Roosevelt’s New Deal believed that it was necessary to alleviate rising unemployment rates. Conservative critics, however, claimed that there was too much taxation and government regulation.

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B: Government regulation prevented the economy from continuing to plummet.

Question 9

The flowchart shows the process of developing an argument.

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C: Conclusion

Question 10

Study the poster about a Works Progress Administration exhibition.

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C: The WPA promoted the skills of unemployed workers.

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