FDR and the New Deal FDR’s Background Family Education Political Career Presidency Four Terms Legacy
Poor Little Rich Boy (born 1882)
FDR Escapes to Groton
FDR at Harvard (Hah-vard)
Eleanor
New York Politico to WWI Ass’t Secretary of Navy
1920 Vice Presidential Candidate
Polio
New York Governor-1928
1932:The Forgotten Man
Still Momma’s Boy?
The Press and Polio
Critics of the New Deal
Dr. Francis Townsend's Revolving Pension Plan
The New Deal: A Revolution? Relief (the “dole”): The Origins of the Welfare State Recovery: Ending the Depression Banking, Industry and Agriculture Reform: FDIC, Social Security, Labor Laws, Stock Market Regulations, Farm Subsidies
Keynesian Economics Deficit Spending= LIBERALISM (the evil “L” word)
FDR’s Popularity
FDR’s Veep in 1932 & 1936 John Nance (“Cactus Jack”) Garner-TX
FDR’s Veep # 2 in 1940 Henry A. Wallace-IA
FDR and Eleanor
FDR’s Ladies
Eleanor and Lorena Hickok
FDR and “My Little Dog Fala”
FDR and WWII
Vice President # 3
FDR’s Legacy
BIG GOVERNMENT The Regulatory State The Welfare State The Warfare State The New Deal Coalition Farmers Middle Class Workers Senior Citizens Minorities The Poor Urbanites Bosses