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title: "SSUSH18: Roosevelt's New Deal Response (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH18
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# SSUSH18: Roosevelt's New Deal Response

Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSUSH18.a**: Describe Roosevelt's attempts at relief, recovery, and reform reflected in various New Deal programs.
- **SSUSH18.b**: Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
- **SSUSH18.c**: Analyze political challenges to Roosevelt's leadership and New Deal programs.
- **SSUSH18.d**: Examine how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the First Lady including development of New Deal programs to aid those in need.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). Establishment as a World Power. Establishment as a World Power (about 24% of the test; 11 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.