1. U.S. History 10-1: The first new deal
Roosevelt Takes Office.
Policies called the New Deal
Democrat
Wealthy cousin of Teddy Roosevelt
Columbia Law School
Governor of New York
President Nov .1932
Gold Standard.
People concerned that Roosevelt would abandon the gold standard. They stood in line to get their money and convert it to gold.
4,000 banks collapsed
The Hundred Days Begins.
A team of advisors called the Brain Trust
15 major acts passed by congress to help the economic crisis in the first hundred days.
Roosevelt deliberately chose advisers who disagreed, to hear many points of view.
Roosevelt’s advisors were divided into 3 groups.