The flurry of New Deal programs offered by FDR to combat the Depression, and how they played out in the realms of economic confidence, agriculture, industrial recovery, and regional planning.
The critics on the right and left of New Deal policies, and how they inspired Roosevelt to launch what's referred to as the "Second New Deal."
The challenges facing the New Deal after Roosevelt's landslide in 1936, particularly increasing conservative opposition, his own political blunders, and continuing hard times.
The economic, political, and party legacies of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
A thorough study of Chapter Twenty-six should enable the student to understand:
The series of emergency measures enacted by Roosevelt immediately after his inauguration and designed to restore economic confidence.
The New Deal programs for raising farm prices and promoting industrial recovery.
The first federal efforts at regional planning.
The political pressures from both the left and the right that spurred FDR to embrace both federal relief programs and Social Security after 1935.
The changes in the strategies of organized labor during the New Deal period.
The effects of both the Court-packing scheme and the recession of 1937 on the New Deal.
The impact of the New Deal on minorities and women.
The lasting significance of the New Deal to the American economy and political system.
The varying historical assessments of the New Deal.
