Eleanor Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) History Happy Confident Wealthy With wealth comes obligation Lawyer NY State Senator Asst. Sec. of the Navy Dem. Vice-Pres. Candidate 1920 Governor of NY Distant cousin of Teddy Eleanor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Personality 6 kids FDR Jr. died in infancy Polio at 39 Left paralyzed He had been energetic and enthusiastic He thought everything was over He overcame that idea He became a supremely confident figure Just what America needed during the Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Actions “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Fireside chats
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) The 100 Days The bank crisis Relief, Recovery, Reform Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Public Works Administration (PWA) National Recovery Administration (NRA) from the NIRA Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Reform: banking acts, stock market acts, FDIC CCC TVA
New Deal Criticism Tenant Farmers and the AAA Unions and Unionizing Father Coughlin Huey Long Republicans and Liberty American Liberty League Supreme Court overturns NIRA and AAA
Second New Deal 1935 WPA Wagner Act (NIRA in disguise) Soil Conservation Act (AAA in disguise) Rural Electrification Act Federal Art Project Public Utility Holding Company Act Social Security Court Packing 1937 Fair Labor Standards Act
Affected Groups Women Frances Perkins Eleanor Roosevelt African-Americans Mary Mcleod Bethune Black Cabinet No Civil Rights Mexican-Americans Asian-Americans Native Americans Indian Reorganization Act Unions/Workers
Legacy of the New Deal Social Security Fertilizer Deficit Spending Government and the People SEC FDIC
Does FDR deserve credit for ending the GD? He is popular and hated He massively changed the role of government in the lives of people Unemployment and GDP never fully recovered before WWII Replace his image on the dime with Reagan’s?