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The Great Depression and the New Deal. Hoover: Trickle-down approach but started recovery efforts FDR: Optimistic personality, spirit of experiment New Deal liberalism: Belief in the use and expansion of government to implement social reform within the system. New Deal Programs.
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The Great Depression and the New Deal • Hoover: Trickle-down approach but started recovery efforts • FDR: Optimistic personality, spirit of experiment • New Deal liberalism: Belief in the use and expansion of government to implement social reform within the system
New Deal Programs • First 100 Days: Banking and financing reforms • Relief efforts: Civilian Conservation Corps; Federal Emergency Relief Adm; Civil Works Adm; Works Progress Adm • Regulation: Agr Adj Adm; Natl Recovery Adm; TVA • Social Security
Eleanor Roosevelt • Background: Progressive and suffragist • Marriage with FDR: from affairs to independence • Civil rights, women’s rights, and social reforms, including Social Security Act of 1935