- 3 overall goals of New Deal- Relief (for the needy) Reform (economic recovery) Recovery (financially and stop the cycle of the great depression)
- FDR’s Brain trust (trust=monopoly)= he knew he couldn’t come up with all of these ideas by himself so he surrounded himself by many smart people like Harry Hopkins (main)
- Fireside chats = presidents would get on the radio and talk to the people about what was going on (FDR was first president to do this)
- Deficit spending = spending more money than we take in (1920s is where this started)
- Court Packing Bill = FDR was tired of things being called unconstitutional; so for every guy over 30 he would add a younger (democrat) guy to get change to happen; never passed because people thought he was trying to get too much power.
- Challenges of new deal and FDR
- He was getting too powerful
- He created way too big a government; no laissez faire
- A lot of acts declared unconstitutional
- Heavy debt burden- massive deficit spending
- 2nd New Deal- Instead of helping a nation help individuals
- New Deal CCC for young people
- New Deal FERA welfare
- PWA schools and hospitals (construction jobs)
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