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Read the following resources to refresh your understanding of the Great Depression and the New Deal. As you read, think about how you might revise your answers to the Reflect on Your Knowledge questions based on new knowledge gained from the readings.
FDR and the Depression: Key Events
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog21/key_events/ index.html
First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/froos1.htm
Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/froos3.htm
New Deal Programs
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.newdeal.html
New Deal Cultural Programs
http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Classics, 2006.
[Note: Read Chapters 20-24. If time allows, you may elect to read the full novel.]
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