1. 361: How did the Wagner Act work to revive labor?
The Wagner Act, or the National Labor Relations Act, outlawed antiunion practices such as company sponsored unions. It also created the National Labor Relations Board, which allowed for voting in the workplace to accept union representation. Businesses were obligated to accept the results of the voting.

2. 364: What events made 1937 a troubled year for President Roosevelt?
FDR’s court packing plan to place judges favorable to his policies in the Supreme Court failed. The economy once again took a hit with a drop in the stock market.

3. 367: What was the overall effect of Roosevelt’s policies on women and African Americans in the 1930s?
While women served in some high positions of government, acceptance of them in the workforce was still very limited. African Americans also received some positions in government, with the Black Cabinet advising FDR in an official capacity, but were still discriminated against on a widespread basis.

4. 368: How did artists such as Lange, Parks, Agee, and Evans seek to tell the story of the Great Depression?
Dorothea Lange and Gordon Parks made themselves famous taking pictures of the jobless. Agee and Evans created Let us Now Praise Famous Men focusing in rural Alabama in pictures and writing.

5. 370: How did popular entertainment help Americans cope with the stresses of the Great Depression?
Movies provided escapism. Radio provided music. Sports remained an obsession.