-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 New Deal
-Some laws passed were later declared unconstitutional by chief justice Charles Evan Hughes (the "Crazy Chicken" case, Hughes declared the NRA and NIRA unconstitutional)
-Some legislation passed
Federal Emergency Relief Act
CCC
NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)
FDIC
RFC
NRA (National Recovery Act)
-FDR gave out huge sums of money (billions) to needy people, while incurring a huge public debt


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/depression/section5.rhtml
And Dr. Bradley and Mr. Reinke

-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 Americans joined labor unions (almost 9 million)
-FDR helped unions and collective bargaining with the Wagner Act

Sources: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/542.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
http://economics.about.com/od/laborinamerica/a/greatdepression.htm

-Terrible weather and extreme temperatures exacerbated the conditions of agriculture
-After WWI, France had relied on America for crops, but now could sustain themselves
-US had a surplus of crops (which lowers the price of the good)
-Farmers grew more crops (hoping to fix their problems) and ended up lowering their prices even more

Sources: http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression