According to the text authors, “the celebration of ‘the people’ became

According to the text authors, “the celebration of ‘the people’ became the New Deal’s dominant cultural motif.” What evidence would support this assertion?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
The most obvious illustration of “the people” as the dominant cultural motif of the depression is in the work of the WPA. Its Federal Writer’s Project and Theater Project celebrated the resilience of the American people through government aided research and production projects. Also, President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke directly to, and enlisted the support of, “the people” in his numerous “fire-side chats.”