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Wiki Education assignment: HIST 463 Consumerism in Modern America

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 September 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Doas52 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Huckstuhr, JKBrenner.

— Assignment last updated by Heinzam (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

False statement

This is not true: "In 1938, the Republican Party gained control of Congress..."

True: In 1938, a conservative coalition of southern Democrats and Republicans took control of Congress, though the body was still nominally controlled by Democrats. 173.79.45.183 (talk) 13:43, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Historiography and evaluation of New Deal policies Section

This section relies too much on a single paper for pro/neutral/cons (11 out of 16 citations) Craiggery (talk) 20:10, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. The section cites dozens of books and articles by lots of scholars . Rjensen (talk) 10:56, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: HIST 463 Consumerism in Modern America

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