Group items tagged FDR - US History

Digital History: FDR 1930s - 0 views

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US History Great Depression FDR

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No fewer than 16 of his ancestors had come over on the Mayflower
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assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913
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"If you had spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your toe," he later declared, "after that anything would seem easy."
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Roosevelt won the governorship of New York in 1928--one of the few Democrats to survive the Republican landslide. Surrounding himself with able advisors, Roosevelt labored to convert New York into a laboratory for reform, involving conservation, old-age pensions, public works projects, and unemployment insurance.
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a New Deal for the American people
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policy of experimentation
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Kay Bradley on 29 Jan 14

"No fewer than 16 of his ancestors had come over on the Mayflower"

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New Deal Findings: First New Deal Programs (1933-1936) - 2 views

-Summarized with the 3R's of FDR's program: relief, recovery, reform -FDR led the Democratic party and voiced liberal, pro-union policies -Republicans mostly opposed legislation passed during the N...

started by Kay Bradley on 24 Mar 11 1 follow-up, last by Alex Sommer on 29 Mar 11

New Deal Findings: The Supreme Court - 0 views

Why did the Supreme Court invalidate the AAA and the NRA? How did FDR try to prevent this from happening in the second New Deal? Post your summaries under comments

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New Deal Findings: Second New Deal Programs (1936-1942) - 2 views

FDR was re-elected in 1936; he revamped New Deal programs in his second term a) to respond to critics from right and left and b) to try to make New Deal programs capable of withstanding Supreme Cou...

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New Deal Findings: Labor - 2 views

-Stock market crashed in October of 1929 -Mexicans and blacks were hit the hardest (40-50% of black workers were unemployed by 1932, in Chicago) -Unemployment for all races increased by 607% -Many ...