Late New Deal Website Comment
UUGGggg. I am having so much trouble logging in still. I looked at the New Deal website about an hour ago but haven't figured out how to log in till just now. I'm sure it's probably just me.
Well anyways I thought the website was very insightful and I liked the fact that it had a lot of 1st person accounts. When I first went to the website, though, I was a bit overwhlemed with all the information there was; so I went staight to the pictures, which I thought were pretty neat. I looked at the pictures of the CCC camps (maybe Mr. G's dad was in one of those pictures). In addition I looked at a slide show which recounted the effect of the CWA in one Alabama city. Which reminds me, what came first the CWA or the PWA? I also read the letters people sent to Mrs. Roosevelt. Most of them were pretty sad, and most were kids, who were writing to ask for things that I normally might have taken for granted. One teenager asking for football shoes said something like, "I just thought your son might have an old pair of football shoes". And that was considered a request for a luxury item!! I have to say the point of view for the website was bias. Most of the site was in favor of the New Deal and Mr. Roosevelt (which makes sense because the site was sponsored by something like the Roosevelt Memorial Perservation or something) but I would have liked to see the critics views on Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal and the reasons for their beliefs. Other than that the website was pretty good.
Well anyways I thought the website was very insightful and I liked the fact that it had a lot of 1st person accounts. When I first went to the website, though, I was a bit overwhlemed with all the information there was; so I went staight to the pictures, which I thought were pretty neat. I looked at the pictures of the CCC camps (maybe Mr. G's dad was in one of those pictures). In addition I looked at a slide show which recounted the effect of the CWA in one Alabama city. Which reminds me, what came first the CWA or the PWA? I also read the letters people sent to Mrs. Roosevelt. Most of them were pretty sad, and most were kids, who were writing to ask for things that I normally might have taken for granted. One teenager asking for football shoes said something like, "I just thought your son might have an old pair of football shoes". And that was considered a request for a luxury item!! I have to say the point of view for the website was bias. Most of the site was in favor of the New Deal and Mr. Roosevelt (which makes sense because the site was sponsored by something like the Roosevelt Memorial Perservation or something) but I would have liked to see the critics views on Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal and the reasons for their beliefs. Other than that the website was pretty good.
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posted by anita | 1:27 PM
1 Comments:
The part about the baseball shoes was really sad, I agree. The pictures from the CCC camps were also quite interesting to see, as well. I also would have preferred to see some opposition to what Roosevelt did, despite the fact that I actually agree with his New Deal entirely. I would have liked to see the opposing side just so that I could try to understand people like Huey Long's reason for disagreeing with the president.
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