Main Themes 1. How Franklin Roosevelt, although limited by his basically traditional economic views, pushed through programs of economic planning and Depression relief. 2. How popular protests against New Deal policies, protests from rightists, leftists, and those who defied categorization, inspired Roosevelt to launch a new burst of action known as the Second New Deal. 3. That despite Roosevelt's overwhelming reelection in 1936, the New Deal was virtually moribund by 1938, thanks to increasing conservative opposition, his own political blunders, and continuing hard times. 4. That the New Deal helped give rise to a new role for the national government as a "broker state" among various organized interests.
| Learning Objectives A thorough study of Chapter Twenty-Six should enable the student to understand: |
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The series of emergency measures designed to restore confidence and enacted during the first 100 days. |
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The New Deal programs for raising farm prices and promoting industrial recovery. |
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The first federal efforts at regional planning. |
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The New Deal program for reforming the financial system. |
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The federal relief programs and Social Security. |
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The political pressures from both the left and the right that caused Franklin Roosevelt to move in new directions from 1935 on. |
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The changes in organized labor during the New Deal period. |
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The effects of the Court-packing scheme, and of the recession of 1937 and 1938 on Roosevelt and the New Deal. |
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The impact of the New Deal on minorities and women. |
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The lasting significance of the New Deal to the American economy and political system. |