1). The New Deal created programs that were said to shift the balance of power in economic matters. Explain whether power was indeed shifted, and how. 2). What did the Hundred Days tell us about FDR's priorities? Why did he proceed in the manner he did? What alternative approaches might have been implemented?
3). Since the Hundred Days, the first one hundred days of every new administration has been used as a benchmark of presidential effectiveness. Do you believe this is an accurate way to judge how our government functions?