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AP US CH 33 "The Great Depression & The New Deal". A. FDR: POLITICIAN IN A WHEEL CHAIR. 1932 **11 mil out of work **1928 hh promised "a chicken in every pot & a car in every garage". franklin delano roosevelt polio. like tr, polio changed fdr's life 1921. 3 ways he got around.
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AP US CH 33 "The Great Depression & The New Deal"
1932 **11 mil out of work **1928 hh promised "a chicken in every pot & a car in every garage"
franklin delano roosevelt polio
like tr, polio changed fdr's life 1921. 3 ways he got around
fdr stuff: **kept polio a secret **2 benefits from his paralysis 1. seen as a hero 2. he knew what it was like to struggle
10 eleanor roosevelt facts: 1. niece of tr 2. champion for the dispossessed ( the conscience of the nd )
3. helped campaign for her husband "I will be his legs" 4. most active 1st lady in US hist
5. had syndicated newspaper column 6. influenced national policy
7. champion for women's rights 8. upset segregationists, deliberatly broke "jim crow" laws
9. hated by conservatives, loved by liberals 10. controvesial figure in 20th cent
5 fdr facts: 1. golden orator, commanding presence 2. "cult of personality" charming
3. gov of ny, practice nd programs 4. fdr "$, not humanity, was expendable"
5. deep concern for "the forgotten man"
"happy days are here again"
***fdr gets the black vote, 1st time ***1933 25% unemployment
inauguration day mar. 4th,1933 "the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself"
fireside chats "1st 100 days" 15 major bills passed
the "3 r's" relief recovery reform
fdr embraces progressive programs: 1. old - age pension 2. unemployment ins. 3. min-wage regulation. 4. conservation. 5. restriction of child labor
1st fireside chat bank holiday
1. emergency banking act 1933 2. glass-steagall reform act creates FDIC
fdr takes us off the gold standard "controlled inflation"