What is the main point of the story of federal investigator Lorena Hickok as related in the chapter introduction?

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The chapter introduction tells the story of federal investigator Lorena Hickok to make the point that	Depression bound Americans found hope in liberal social welfare programs of an activist federal government
During the Depression, the federal government began to deport	Mexicans

What were the goals of the various relief recovery and reform strategies used by the Roosevelt administration?

The programs focused on what historians refer to as the “3 R’s”: relief for the unemployed and poor, recovery of the economy back to normal levels, and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.

What program was enacted during the second New Deal?

The most important programs included Social Security, the National Labor Relations Act (“Wagner Act”), the Banking Act of 1935, rural electrification, and breaking up utility holding companies. The Undistributed profits tax was only short-lived.

What was the main goal of the Public Work Administration?

Public Works Administration (PWA), in U.S. history, New Deal government agency (1933–39) designed to reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings.

What type of help did the CWA provide?

Like other New Deal emergency employment programs, the CWA was designed to put jobless Americans back to work and to use them on beneficial public projects. More specifically, the CWA was designed to be a short-lived program to help jobless Americans get through the dire winter of 1933-34 [2].

How did the New Deal change things for American workers quizlet?

Sharecroppers, a common occupation of African Americans, were no longer needed and lost their jobs and homes. Even “alphabet soup” jobs discriminated against minorities. It changed the American life because it gave people the opportunity to have jobs after losing them because of the Depression.