Transcript FDR the New Deal powerpoint

FDR AND THE NEW DEAL
ROOSEVELT’S APPEAL
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Aristocratic, yet had
compassion for the
common man
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Polio survivor
Governor of New
York
FDR’S PLAN FOR GETTING THE COUNTRY OUT OF
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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He was not Hoover!
Willing to try new
ideas
‘old’ Progressive
The ‘Brain Trust’
THE NEW DEAL
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Keynesian economics –
‘prime the pump’ or
deficit spending
The First 100 Days
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March 9 – June 16
15 major legislative acts
Bank Holiday –
Emergency Banking Relief
Act