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When Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Democratic party won a landslide victory in the 1936 elections, the way seemed open for the New Deal to complete the restructuring of American government it had begun in 1933. But, as Alan Brinkley makes clear, no sooner were the votes counted than the New Deal began to encounter a series of crippling political and economic problems that stalled its agenda and forced an agonizing reappraisal of the liberal ideas...
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Provides irrefutable evidence that not only did government interference with the market cause the Great Depression (and our current economic collapse), but Herbert Hoover's and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's big government policies afterwards made it much longer and much worse.--From publisher description.
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"While the Great Depression was indisputably a difficult period in American history, it did lead to certain developments that we still benefit from today. One of the most significant examples of this is Social Security, which helps a whole generation of retired Americans. The book offers a clear, concise description of the Great Depression--including both its causes and its effects."--
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When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered America a way forward. In this work, Leuchtenburg traces the evolution of what was both the most controversial and effective socioeconomic initiative ever undertaken in the United States -- and explains how the social fabric of American life was forever altered. It offers illuminating lessons on the challenges...
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United States history origins to 2000 volume 18
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This riveting program explores the causes of the Great Depression and and the stock market crash. With the nation in turmoil, a newly-elected Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a "New Deal" to the American people to restore confidence in the nation's financial system, get people back to work and bring relief to all segments of the economy.
96) The New Deal
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Discusses the events leading up to America's Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt's rescue of the event with the New Deal, and what caused the ultimate downfall of the New Deal.
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With the failure of President Hoover's policies at the end of 1929, marked by the stock market crash on October 24, 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, the decade that began with the dream of endless progress and prosperity came to an end with millions unemployed. American industrial workers who had lost their jobs lined up in the streets for a bowl of soup and hunk of bread. Depression, new technology and foreclosure by the banks drove more than...
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