**Question 5: Capitalism in the USA – Roosevelt’s New Deal**[Plan and construct an original argument based on relevant evidence using analytical and interpretative skills]---### SynopsisCandidates must state a line of argument to explain to what extent President FD Roosevelt’s New Deal policy was successful in ending the Great Depression in the period between 1933 and 1939. They must discuss the New Deal and evaluate its successes and failures.### Main Aspects**Introduction:** Candidates must state their line of argument. They must provide a brief analysis of the results of the Great Depression. They must introduce Roosevelt’s pledge of the New Deal: The three Rs - relief, reform, and recovery. They must explain how they are going to approach the question.### Elaboration- A brief discussion on the consequences of the Great Depression- **Relief:** For the destitute and unemployed- **Reform:** Measures, legislation to control the economy- **Recovery:** Improvement and recovery of the economy- **Hundred days:** The Brain Trust and Roosevelt introduced new measures to lift the USA out of the Great Depression- The **Emergency Banking Act:** Recovery of banking- The **Federal Emergency Relief Administration:** Relief measures of the destitute and unemployed- The **Civil Conservation Corps:** Relief measure to provide employment for young men- The **Agricultural Adjustment Administration:** Recovery of farming and support to farmers- **NIRS-Public Works Administration:** Recovery of Infrastructure: Recovery of infrastructure and relief to the unemployed- **Tennessee Valley Authority:** Infrastructure development ‘building of dams’- **Wagner Act:** Measure to improve the working conditions and trade unions- **Social Security Act:** Relief for the welfare of the citizens and to protect workers- Opposition and criticism of the New Deal such as state control of the economy- Any other relevant response### ConclusionCandidates close their argument with a relevant conclusion---**Marks: 50** ---### NSC – Grade 11 – Marking Guidelines (November 2019)#### SECTION B: ESSAY QUESTIONS---#### QUESTION 4: COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA 1900 - 1940*[Plan and construct an original argument based on relevant evidence using analytical and interpretative skills]*---**SYNOPSIS**Candidates should indicate and be able to take a line of argument and explain to what extent Stalin’s Gosplan was successful in creating an agricultural and industrial transformation in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1941.---**MAIN ASPECTS**Candidates should include the following aspects in their response:**Introduction:** Candidates should take a stance. They should explain the extent to which Stalin's Gosplan was successful in creating an agricultural and industrial transformation in the Soviet Union.---**ELABORATIONS**- **Centralisation of Russian economy through 5 years plan.**- **Establishment of State Commission (Gosplan)**- **The aims of the first Five Year Plan (background)**- **Stalin first Five Year Plan (agricultural development)**- **Resistance to collectivisation by wealthy farmers**- **Kolkhoz - collective farms and Sobkhoz**- **Production targets for each 5 year plan.**- **First 5 year plan (1928-1933):** Focus on quantity and heavy industries - especially industries of coal, iron and steel; new factories built; production increased and motor industries established. - Heavy industries were introduced and factories increased - Development of industrial towns- **Second 5 year plan (1933-1937):** Focus on production of household and consumer goods; target changed to manufacturing of arms and armaments (WW2); Attention to transport and railway system for faster movement of troops. - Education was improved and foreign artisans were allowed - Propaganda and targets were used to improve production- **Third 5 year plan was interrupted by Second World War**- **Both agriculture and industries improved**- **Any other relevant response**- **Conclusion:** Candidate should tie up their argument with a relevant conclusion.---\[50\]*Copyright reserved**Please turn over* ---

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QUESTION 5: CAPITALISM IN THE USA – ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL [Plan and construct an original argument based on relevant evidence using analytical and interpretative skills) SYNOPSIS Candidates must state a line of argument to explain to what extent President FD Roosevelt's New Deal policy was successful in ending the Great Depression in the period between 1933 and 1939. They must discuss the New Deal and evaluate its successes and failures. MAIN ASPECTS Introduction: Candidates must state their line of argument. They must provide a brief analysis of the results of the Great Depression. They must introduce Roosevelt's pledge of the New Deal: The three Rs relief, reform and recovery. They must explain how they are going to approach the question. ELABORATION • A brief discussion on the consequences of the Great Depression Relief: For the destitute and unemployed Reform: Measures, legislation to control the economy Recovery: Improvement and recovery of the economy Hundred days: The Brain Trust and Roosevelt introduced new measures to lift the USA out of the Great Depression. • The Emergency Banking Act; Recovery of banking • The Federal Emergency Relief Administration: Relief measures of the destitute and unemployed • The Civil Conservation Corps: Relief measure to provide employment for young men • The Agricultural Adjustment Administration: Recovery of farming and support to farmers NIRS-Public Works Administration: Recovery of Infrastructure: Recovery of Infrastructure and relief to the unemployed Tennessee Valley Authority: Infrastructure development 'building of dams' Wagner Act: Measure to improve the working conditions and trade unions • Social Security Act: Relief for the welfare of the citizens and to protect workers Opposition and criticism of the New Deal such as state control of the economy. • Any other relevant response • Conclusion: Candidates close their argument with a relevant conclusion [50]