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New Deal Success or Failure

Revise New Deal Success or Failure in America 1920-1973 for GCSE History with 12 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still pick up marks when it appears in mixed-topic papers.

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Introduction 2

Assessment by the Three Rs

Deep Dive 3

Why Did the New Deal Have Mixed Results?

Causation 4

⭐ Why Does This Matter?

Significance 5

What Do Historians Think?

Interpretations 6

Key Terms You Must Know

Definitions 7

Common Misconceptions

Misconceptions 8

Memory Aids: New Deal Success and Failure

Memory Aid 9

Exam Connection

Exam Focus 10

Exam Tips for New Deal Success and Failure

Exam Tips 11

Knowledge Organiser: New Deal — Successes and Failures

Summary

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New Deal: Relief success?

YES — millions helped, no one starved, dignity through work

Unemployment 1933 vs 1940?

25% (1933) → 14.6% (1940) — real improvement, but still high; only WW2 brought full employment

Exam questions for New Deal Success or Failure

Approximately how many young men did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employ?

A. 500,000
B. 1 million
C. 2.5 million
D. 8 million

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What was the approximate unemployment rate in the USA in 1937, despite the New Deal?

A. 4%
B. 14%
C. 25%
D. 35%

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