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Viewing Questions for The Great Depression: New Deal/New York
1. What were some of the problems facing New York City during the Great Depression?
2. How did President Roosevelt restore confidence in the banking system?
3. Make a list of the various “alphabet soup” programs mentioned in the documentary.
4. What delayed the completion of the Triborough Bridge?
5. What were LaGuardia’s political skills? Describe the relationship of LaGuardia to
the Roosevelt Administration.
6. Who was Robert Moses? What was his relationship to LaGuardia? What was the
relationship of Moses to President Roosevelt?
7. Why was the Harlem community so interested in the Triborough Bridge? Why did
community leaders endorse a “don’t buy, where you can’t work” boycott campaign?
8. What was the trigger for the violence in Harlem in 1935? What were some of the
underlying causes of tension according to the documentary?
9. What was the W.P.A.? How was it different from other similar programs?
10. The documentary mentions that LaGuardia and Roosevelt were responsible for many
of the physical changes in New York. How many public buildings, parks, schools,
etc. can you list that are named after either man?