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What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal?
FDR's New Deal was a plan to help America's poor economy right after The Great Depression in the 1920s-1930s.
Who help FDR create million jobs to improve public lands?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Which is true of the fdr?
By working for relief, recovery, and reform, FDR helped the poor and improved the economy. -APEX
What does FDR represent?
FDR is a common abbreviation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was President of the United States during the Great Depression (from 1933) and World War 2.
What was FDR radio show called?
Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" were radio broadcasts he presented to the American people to help them understand what the nation was doing to improve the conditions of society throughout the depression.
How did hoover and FDR differ on their views on the role of the president?
Hoover felt constrained by the limits of the constitution on the powers of the federal government. Roosevelt felt no such restrictions and was willing to try anything that he thought might improve the economy and win him votes.
Why is Franklin D. Roosevelt better than Herbert Hoover?
The only reason that Roosevelt was better than Hoover is because FDR exuded confidence in the suffering American people. Hoover's administration seemed hopeless, whereas charming, charismatic FDR promised change, which everyone liked (not unlike Obama after Bush's terms). Hoover was in office too briefly to be blamed for the economy's state, and FDR's policies didn't actually improve the economy: there was a terrible recession in 1938. WWII increased manufacturing production immensely, nearly eradicating unemployment. === The reason why FDR was better than Herbert Hoover was becasue he brought the country back to normal from the depression. Hoover brought us into the deression. Throughout it, poor people who had no homes lived in small shacks outside of cities called "Hoovervilles" and slept in "hoover blankets" which were old newspapers. FDR won the election of 1932 by a landslide against Hoover.
What parts of the us economy were affected by FDR's new deal policies?
The americans thought that the new government was too powerful.... and others thought it didn't help much... The farmers also had some help in the New Deal...
Why wasn't there a radical revolution in the US when it's economy failed in the late 20's and its government apparently could not deal with the disaster?
Once FDR proposed the idea of the New Deal, people begun to have hope that the economy would soon improve, ending the Great Depression. There was no uprising or revolution because the people were led to believe that the New Deal would bring them out of the Great Depression, and they had faith that everything would improve.
Who was the President who had to wait to take office while the economy floundered during the Great Depression?
FDR
What is Relief-Recovery-Reform?
Its when FDR tried to relieve the economy of the depression so that there will be more recovery. He tried to reform things to get the economy back on track.
What did the public works administration?
The PWA was an example of FDR's attempt at "pump priming" the economy. The term comes from pouring a little water down a pump to get it "primed" so it will start pumping water. FDR wanted to put money into the economy to prime it and get it started again. The PWA was created by the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) passed in 1933. Billions of dollars were budgeted to be spent on public works projects. This would create employment for those out of work, improve public infrastructure, and help revive industry. Many called the PWA "spending big bucks to create big projects."
