The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34

Franklin D. Roosevelt: WWII and Roosevelt's Last Days Roosevelt, after his election to a third term, created the lend-lease plan at the behest of Prime Minister Churchill. Newly reassured in the support of the American people, FDR returned to Washington after his vacation armed with a creative plan for continuing aid to Britain without violating the Neutrality Acts. He proposed that the United States lend or lease, rather than sell, needed munitions to Britain, who could no longer afford to pay for aid. Many critics suspect that Roosevelt steered the country to war while professing all the while to avoid it. Roosevelt chose a talented team of military advisors who would remain at their posts for the entirety of the war. Roosevelt largely fumbled the administrative machinery that was to run the domestic war effort until October 1942, when he chose Supreme Court Justice James F. Indeed, Roosevelt's wartime humanitarian efforts were weak at best because his brand of liberalism had never extended to civil rights.

What makes an outstanding lesson? In my day job, I travel the country talking to school teachers and leaders and the question I am asked more than any other is this: “What is an outstanding lesson?” My answer, rather disappointingly for my inquisitors, is that there is no “silver bullet”. Let me explain… I have taught and observed a lot of lessons over the years and I think I’m pretty good at recognising an outstanding one when I see it. Having read the guidance Ofsted provides for its inspectors, I am also confident I know how Ofsted differentiates between an outstanding lesson and, say, a good one. And yet when I am asked that question – what is outstanding? To prescribe a formula for outstanding lessons is to ignore the fact that what makes one lesson outstanding might not necessarily do the same for another, and what works for one teacher with one class might not work for another teacher and another class. The Ofsted framework echoes this view. Are all pupils being challenged? Progress And what is progress anyway?

Has America already had a female president? Image copyright ALAMY In a year's time, as the US presidential election nears its climax, it's possible Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party's candidate, with a chance of becoming the first female president. But there was once another woman in the White House who came close to fulfilling this description - Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of America's wartime president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The Washington press corps became very excited in June 1996 when it emerged that Hillary Clinton had been having imaginary conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt. Reporters portrayed these motivational chats as supernatural seances. Hillary Clinton has always been at pains to explain in her various memoirs that she was simply looking for comfort from a woman who "inspired and fortified" her. No surprise, then, that when Clinton launched her presidential campaign with a rally on Roosevelt Island in New York's East River, it was interpreted as a hat-tip to her heroine, as much as it was to FDR.

An Evaluation of the New Deal At the time of its construction during the Great Depression, the Hoover Dam was the largest in the world. To this day, it uses the power of the Colorado River to electrify the region. How effective was the New Deal at addressing the problems of the Great Depression? No evaluation of the New Deal is complete without an analysis of Roosevelt himself. Observers noted that his plan went far enough to silence the "lunatic fringe," but not far enough to jeopardize capitalism or democracy. This Franklin D. The New Deal itself created millions of jobs and sponsored public works projects that reached most every county in the nation. Laborers benefited from protections as witnessed by the emergence of a new powerful union, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. However comprehensive the New Deal seemed, it failed to achieve its main goal: ending the Depression. Conservatives bemoaned a bloated bureaucracy that was nearly a million workers strong, up from just over 600,000 in 1932.

Franklin D. Roosevelt - Biography - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to be elected four times. He led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Synopsis Born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio in 1921. Early Life Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, into a wealthy family. In 1896, Franklin Roosevelt attended Groton School for boys, a prestigious Episcopal preparatory school in Massachusetts. After graduating from Groton in 1900, Franklin Roosevelt entered Harvard University, determined to make something of himself. Franklin studied law at Columbia University Law School and passed the bar exam in 1907, though he didn't receive a degree. Political Beginnings In 1910, at age 28, Roosevelt was invited to run for the New York state senate. In 1914, Franklin Roosevelt, decided to run for the U.S. In politics, Franklin Roosevelt was finding personal as well as professional success. Polio Diagnosis U.S. Final Years Videos

Race in FDR's New Deal Strained Coalitions: Blacks and Whites The New Deal coalition contained within its ranks both large numbers of African Americans and a huge constituency of racially conservative Southern whites. The racial tension inherent in such a political alignment is obvious; FDR usually tried to hold his coalition together by providing benefits for all while sidestepping racial controversy. Roosevelt was no racist (and his wife Eleanor was an early hero of the civil rights movement) but the President knew he needed the support of Southern Democrats to pass his legislation and he wasn't willing to risk his program for the sake of racial justice. "I Just Can't Take that Risk" The harsh logic of Roosevelt's racial stance was expressed most clearly in 1938, when liberal congressmen attempted to pass federal anti-lynching legislation to halt the most horrific type of anti-black terrorism. Roosevelt's need to accommodate southern racists often complicated the implementation of his programs.

Eleanor Roosevelt - Biography - Diplomat, U.S. First Lady “The political influence that was attributed to me was nil where my husband was concerned ...If I felt strongly about anything, I told Franklin, since he had the power to do things and I did not, but he did not always feel as I felt.” “We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.” “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and loyalty are stamped upon her face, all will be attracted to her.” “My interest ... is not aroused by an abstract cause but by the plight of a single person.” “The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again.” “The ability to think for myself did not develop until I was well on in life and therefore no real personality developed in my early youth.” “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face ...You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Roosevelt's Critics Father Charles Coughlin's fiery radio broadcasts reached an estimated 40,000,000 listeners and attempted to sway popular opinion away from Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal policies. FDR was a President, not a king. Despite big numbers at the ballot booth, Roosevelt needed to temper his objectives with the spirit of compromise and hope that his plans were popular enough to weather criticism. One major threat to FDR came from Father Charles E. Advocating a program to "share the wealth," U.S. Another reformer who felt the New Deal had not gone far enough was Francis Townsend, a doctor from Long Beach, California. The person considered the greatest threat to Roosevelt politically was Huey "the Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the New Deal, Charles Evans Hughes often voted to uphold controversial legislation. Despite his reelection landslide, Roosevelt's mainstream opponents gained steam in the latter part of the decade. Report broken link

31. Herbert Hoover . The Presidents . WGBH American Experience 31st President Terms: 1929-1933Political Party: RepublicanFirst Lady: Lou Henry HooverVice President: Charles Curtis Overview Born: August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa... Hoover was the last president whose term ended on March 3. The Era Stock market crash (1929)Empire State building opens (1931)Al Capone convicted on charges of tax evasion (1931)Pearl Buck publishes The Good Earth (1931)Japanese troops occupy Manchuria (1931)Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo across Atlantic (1932) Domestic Policy Despite being at the helm of government when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing president his detractors claimed. Foreign Affairs Hoover designed several of his foreign policy initiatives to ease international upheaval caused by a worldwide depression. Presidential Politics Herbert Hoover had been given the nickname, "The Great Engineer," due to his managerial and coordinating skills.

Fresh Debate About FDR's New Deal It has been 70 years since Franklin Delano Roosevelt launched his New Deal in an effort to banish the Great Depression of the 1930s — perhaps the most important economic event in American history. The New Deal was controversial then, and it’s still controversial, because it failed to resolve the most important problem of the era: chronic unemployment that averaged 17 percent. Newsweek columnist Robert Samuelson acknowledged that if World War II hadn’t come along, America might have stumbled through many more years of double-digit unemployment. Samuelson, however, is among those who give FDR high marks for handling the political crisis of the 1930s, the worst political crisis this country has faced since the Civil War. How can that be? Frequent changes in the tax laws plus FDR’s anti-business rhetoric (“economic royalists”) discouraged people from making investments essential for growth and jobs. There’s a fascinating split between economists and political historians about the New Deal.

FDR's New Deal Summary & Analysis Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered the White House in 1932 when the Great Depression was beating America like an angry King Kong, promising "a new deal for the American people." The package of legislative reforms that came to be known as the New Deal permanently and dramatically transformed the politics and economy of the United States. Shortly after taking office, Roosevelt explained to the American people that his New Deal program would seek to deliver relief, recovery, and reform—the so-called "3 Rs." He allegedly wanted to include a fourth R, rodeo, but his advisors counseled against it. In the field of relief, the New Deal proved to be highly successful. In terms of reform, the New Deal legacy may have been unmatched in American history. When it came to recovery, however, the New Deal's performance lagged. Still, despite failing in its most important objective, the New Deal forever changed the country. People who Shmooped this also Shmooped...

Screening Room | Ken Burns America Menu My KBE Search Now Playing: THE ROOSEVELTS: an Intimate History The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode One Roosevelts Intro THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. Coming Soon The Story of Cancer premieres Spring 2015 The Civil War encore Spring 2015 Jackie Robinson Premieres Fall 2015 Featured Clips from Past Films Browse All » The National Parks: Behind the Scenes The National Parks Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan take us on a behind the scenes tour of their film THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA. Full of Knowledge: Baseball and the Dominican Republic Baseball: The Tenth Inning Baseball is sacred to the people of the Dominican Republic

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | Ken Burns America The Roosevelts: An Intimate History chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962. Over the course of those years, Theodore would become the 26th President of the United States and his beloved niece, Eleanor, would marry his fifth cousin, Franklin, who became the 32nd President of the United States. A film by Ken Burns. The Roosevelts will air in the fall of 2014. Funding provided by: Funding is provided by Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Public Broadcasting Service; Mr. Film Resources: The Film's Website