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Do NowEnter the title of this new unit – Media and Public Opinion – into your table of contents
AND label to p. 73 of your notebook
Table of ContentsIdentity Lesson 2-3Power, Politics and Govt. 4-19Amer. Democracy and Civic Participation
21-50Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
51-72Media and Public Opinion 73-
Media and Public
Opinion
1.
73.
In the early 1930s, under President Herbert Hoover, the United States economy collapsed and there was widespread poverty and unemployment
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1933 and helped lead the U.S. out of the Great Depression and into World War II
When Roosevelt died in office, Harry Truman became president, ended WWII by using the atomic bomb, and led the U.S. into a very prosperous post-war period
In 1952, a man named Adlai Stevenson ran for president
He was from the same political party as Roosevelt an Truman while his opponent was from Hoover’s old party
Background InfoThese are not notes!!!
Today’s ObjectivesWhat is this new unit all about?How do candidates use media to influence public opinion?
To what extent does the media influence your political views?
Campaign Poster ActivityYou will work with a partner on this activityNumber your half-sheet 1-7For each poster you will describe in a
complete sentence the strategy that is being used by the candidate
For example…