Voted over 70 percent for roosevelt based on as

voted over 70 percent for Roosevelt based on as-
sistance from a government that had not helped
blacks in any way since 1870.
2. Under the New Deal, the government’s involve-
ment in the environment and in the arts was un-
precedented. What were the major components of
this new departure?

3. What were the most significant long-term results
of the New Deal? What were its limitations?
1. Some historians have seen the New Deal as an evo-
lution of Progressivism, but others have argued
that it represented a revolution in social values and
government institutions. What do you think?