Roosevelt was proactive in dealing with the effects of the Great Depression. He came up with a new set of policies known as the New Deal. close New DealThe name of the policies put in place from ...

The members of the Supreme Court including Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (center, front row) ruled against President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs. MPI / Getty Images As the ...

It was marked by bank and busines failures and widespread unemployment "THE NEW DEAL": A package of programs introduced by President Roosevelt aimed at ending the Depression by stimulating the ...

In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected overwhelmingly on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people. Roosevelt worked quickly upon his election to deliver the New Deal ...

P resident Donald Trump’s return to the White House has unleashed a flood of anxiety over the potential demise of what is ...

The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular to the point that Roosevelt’s campaign strategy was simply not to do anything that would distract from that unpopularity. Roosevelt’s campaign introduced ...

Campaign In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s place in the White House. Roosevelt’s ...

Born into a prominent family—Theodore Roosevelt was a distant cousin—Franklin ... and New York governor before winning the 1932 presidential election. Roosevelt spoke of a “New Deal ...

Franklin D Roosevelt was a very popular president. However, as the Great Depression deepened, there was more criticism of the New Deal and Roosevelt’s leadership. A programme of reform like the ...