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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.
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FDR and the New Deal • FDR’s Background • Family • Education • Political Career • Presidency • Four Terms • Legacy
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 Veep in 1932 & 1936 • John Nance (“Cactus Jack”) Garner-TX
FDR’s Veep # 2 in 1940 • Henry A. Wallace-IA
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