FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

Hyde park (FDR), Sagamore hills (Teddy)

Eleanor Roosevelt is Roosevelts 5th Cousin (TRs niece)
FDR was born to be adored (mom was worst mother) FDR GOT SPOILED
Eleanor's father was absent (alcoholic) Teddy gave Eleanor to Teddy
NY state legislature (had Teddys support)
becomes assistant sect of Navy
FDR VP nominee in 1920 (Lost with james cox)
Got polio in 1921 (went to Boy scout camp)
Partially paralyzed and long years of recovery LEGS COMPLETELY PARALYZED
Feels that his public life was over
WENT TO WARM SPRINGS IN GEORGIA to REHAB
Press only was allowed to take picture only when Roosevelt was ready (on podium)
NEED HELP ---> Philosophy of the New Deal
Governor of NY during the Great Depression and helped the state throughout the depression
Eleanor Roosevelt
Very Active woman
WENT INTO THE MINES to see whats happening, toured all over the world
1st ambassador to UN
FIRST LADY HAD A CAUSE
Eleanor reminds FDR of blacks and women
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
New Deal
Vague ideas in the campaign of the new deal
Willing to take action and experiment and remember the forgotten man
THREE Rs
Relief-> help ppl out of work DIRECT and INDIRECT
Recovery-> Get economic institutions back up
REform-> fix the changes and prevent them in the future
Brain Trusts
Got ppl to help him from Columbia
Louis Howe-> Chief Political Advisor TOO MANY YES MAN, Chief Political Advisor tells the
truth

HELPED HIM WITH POLITICAL AND FAMILY STUFF

Howe helped FDR and Eleanor get together
HOWE HAD MOST KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ROOSEVELT
TUGWELL-> farmers, Government must always help farmers GETS SEEN AS COMMUNIST
RED REX
Moley-> Staggered tax, regressive
Adolph Berle-> federal government power must be expanded
MOST DIVERSE CABINET AND ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY
Frances Perkins: Woman 1st female Cabinet member, SECRETARY OF LABOR
1st Hundred Day important
Sworn in in March 4 1933
LAST ON IN MARCH 20th amendment moved and shortened interregnum
Called special session of congress, CRANKED LAWS FAST DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
March 6th (first fireside chat) BANK HOLIDAY, ALL THE BANKS ARE CLOSED, Until banks
are deemed safe, NO MORE RUN OF THE BANKS
NO MORE AFRAID
ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF
Economy act 1933-> Maintain a balanced budget CUTS COMING cuts gov salaries and vet
pensions
Ameneded Volstead act (which made prohibition) and made a lower alchohol level
CHALLENGED TWO STRONG GROUPS, VETS AND PROHIBITIONISTS
AGRICULTURE ADJUSTMENT ACT
Sets limits for crop selling
Farm prices do increase
THERE WAS A DROUGHT
REDUCED SURPLUS
NIRA-> Everyone needs to work together National Revocery Administration
GETS RID OF OPEN SHOP
VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT
NO CUTTING WAGES
Allow unionism
IF FOLLOWED, less harsh laws on them (anti trust)
ALLOWS PRICE FIX AND WEAK BUSINESSES TO STAY IN COMPETITION

SUPREME COURT CARVES IT UP

PWA-PUblic works
Provided 3.3 Billion to hire unemployed workers to work on public works
WHO GOT HELPED-> people who were best able to come together

TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority-> Economic depressed area (no electricity) HARNESS
RIVER, stop flooding, hydroelectric plants, TRANSFORMED THE WHOLE AREA
GOLD ACT-> Gold standard is off (free off economy)
GLASS STEGALL ACT-> stopped banks from investing in the stock market
SEC- makes sure stock market is legit
FERA
CWA
CCC- Civilian conservation corp Takes people everywhere (live like army) and earn wages that
way SALARY GOES HOME
FCA
HOLC
National LAbor Act/Wagner act 1935
Force management to allow unions
NLRB enforces^
AFL just represents skilled group
JOhn L Lewis needs to unionize entire industry and established bIO congress of Industrial
Organizations
WHole group more powerful
CIO
MOrew receptive to women and minority group
more millitant, more strikes
Sit down strike, no public view, go into work and just sit doen
General motors and US Steel recognize unions
Little steel didnt
Memorial day massacre-> picnic which became violent, got strikebreakers and killed people
MANAGEMENT GOT VIOLENT
4,720 strikes 80% settled in favor of labor 8 million ppl in labor
NEW DEAL CRITICS
CONSERVATIVE RIGHT
-doing too much, too much power

AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEART-> supported then anti
Left, not doing enough
CAPITALIST SYSTEM IS BAD
INDEFINABLE
Huey long-> most dangerous man in america RACIST
Max amount and min guarenteed
SHARE OUR WEALTH
CHarles coughlin GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF BiG UTILITIES
Francis TOwnsend OLD PEOPLE PENSIONS
SOCIAL SECURITY

SECOND NEW DEAL

ECONOMY IS BETTER, but not back to original
FACING CRITICISM
SUPREME COURT
DIFFERENTGET THE CORES
Address distribution of wealth
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
WPA
BIGGER AND MORE CONPREHENSIVE THAN PRIOR WORK
HARRY HOPKINS DIRECTOR
PAID PEOPLE TO DO STUFF
SOCIAL SECURITY
DESTITUTE ELDERLY RECIVE MONTHLY
PAYROLL TAX TO CREATE POT OF MONEY FOR FUTURE
AID FOR DISABLED AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WELFARE STATE
ELECTION OF 36
Democrats confidents b/c improvement
Republicans run ALF LANDON, NEW DEAL VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
NEW METHOD OF DOING THESE THINGS
UNION PARTY
WILLIAM LEMKE

Greatest landslide win

PARTY OF EVERYONE
DEMS-> majority of both houses
Court Crisis
PEOPLE LOVE FDR
Scared about social security and wagner act
SUPREME COURT CONSERVATIVE ROADBLOCK
Reorganize supreme court, ADD MORE PEOPLE, ADD MORE JUSTICES
SUPPLEMENT, EVERY OLD JUSTICE ADD ANOTHER NEW ONE
SHOWS HOW ROOSEVELT IS POWERFUL
LOSES SUPPORT
Recession of 37-38
dont renew projects
National distribution of wealth and rain of big business
guarentees min wage 40 hr work week FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON UNAMERICAN ACTIVITES
1938 new deal ended
WOmen
Didnt do much
Native Americans
ENDED ASSIMILATION AND
GO TO CULTURAL RELATIVITY
LOOK AT A CULTURE FROM WITHIN A CULTURE
Collier, INDIAN AFFAIRS, RESPECTS INDIAN
INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT 1936
AFRICANS STILL ARE BEING RACIST
MARIAN ANDERSON NO
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
BLACK CABINET BLACK ISSUES
DIDNT WANNA UPSET SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS