The New Deal 2

History Coursework-Assignment B Was The New Deal A Success? 1. Study Source A. Use Source A and your knowledge of the period to explain why people supported Roosevelt in the 1932 election. (6 Marks) Source A is a speech by Roosevelt during his election campaign in 1932. This is a primary source, but the person recording it may have been selective so it could be biased towards Roosevelt. In the speech Roosevelt declares, ‘I pledge you, I pledge myself, …

…of starvation in the meantime then there is no prospect of recovery in the future; therefore a balance has to be struck because there is value in both schools of thought. Overall I think I have shown that different people in different personal positions during the New Deal years have different opinions on the New Deal. Therefore people with different professional orientations can disagree greatly on the New Deal, as shown in the two sources.