FDR: The New Deal Years 1933-1937: A History, Kenneth S. Davis presents a meticulous account of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first term. This book is the third volume in Davis' much-lauded biography series of the 32nd president.
In this volume, Davis focuses on Roosevelt's New Deal policies, providing a thorough analysis of how the president laid the foundations - often without his full comprehension -- of the American semi-welfare state.

Davis' core argument is that the New Deal Program, which Roosevelt cobbled together in fits and starts and amid stringent opposition, would eventually be recognized decades later as a necessary safety net for the unfortunate and the down and out.

To examine Roosevelt's achievements, Davis arranges the book into four sections that chronicle Roosevelt's term from his 1933 inauguration to the beginning of 1937. These sections take the reader chronologically through the president's first Hundred Days, late 1933 to 1934, the "second New Deal"…...

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Works Cited

Davis, Kenneth S. FDR: The New Deal Years, 1933-1937. New York: Random House, 1986.

Hawley, Ellis W. Book review of "FDR: The New Deal Years, 1933-1937." The American Historical Review, 93(3): 792. ProQuest Database.

FDR and WWII involvement
American involvement in armed conflict is a messy topic; since the Civil War the nation has a history of being divided about wars. Today, many Americans question our nation's involvement in the Middle East; in the 1960s and 70s, the Vietnam war created a huge schism in the country. What many do not realize, however, is that disputes over American involvement in overseas wars dates back much further than September 11 or even Vietnam. The country did have conflicts about our involvement in World War II, a supposedly halcyon era of national unity and support for overseas intervention.

In fact, the nation was undergoing a significant controversy about entrance into World War II. I will examine Roosevelt's motives for declaring war on Japan as well as the possible motives of Japan in attacking the United States, which was not a declared enemy of Japan at the time of…...

hile FDR's leadership and guidance saved many American lives, he also destroyed many lives of American citizens, simply because of their ethnic origin.
However, without FDR's independence and firm guidance, which motivated America to support providing aid to England during the bombing of Britain, it is very likely that orld ar II would have turned against the European Allies. The congress was intent upon keeping America out of another world war, and the Lend-Lease program was the only way to prevent the balance of power from going against England. Jenkins demonstrates that it is highly unlikely that FDR 'knew' and permitted the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor, but he stresses that long before much of the nation and the congress were aware of Hitler's danger to America's interests, Roosevelt made a commitment to making America an international partner in the fight for freedom and justice abroad.

Thus, Roosevelt occasionally used his…...

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Works Cited

Jenkins, Roy. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The American President's Series. New York:

Times Books, 2004.

primary sources on the New Deal Programs. It has 6 sources in Chicago format.
Frank D. oosevelt attempted to turn around the declining economy of the U.S. during the 1930s by introducing the New Deal. This comprised of various programs which aimed at restructuring and rectification of the economy and yet, when the New Deal was launched it failed miserably due to poor administration, and lost objectives. The failure was so dramatic after the words of hype to sell a failing economy that the programs are still criticized with fervor today by critics and economists alike.

Jim F. Couch and William F. Shughart (1999) in their book "The Political Economy of the New Deal" objectively project the political scenario and the administrators Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins as having the major role for its failure. The basis of the authors' premise is that when the New Deal was introduced, the U.S.…...

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References

Young, James T. 1993. The origins of New Deal agricultural policy: interest groups' role in policy formation. Policy Studies Journal.

Adams, Don and Goldbard, Arlene 1986. New Deal Cultural Programs: Experiments in Cultural Democracy. Webster's World of Cultural Democracy, Accessed at http://www.wwcd.org/policy/U.S./newdeal.html#INTRO

Manza, Jeff 2000. Political Sociological Models of the U.S. New Deal. Annual Review of Sociology.

Long, Jennifer 1999. Government Job Creation Programs -- Lessons from the 1930s and 1940s.Journal of Economic Issues.

New Deal documents and analyzes it in the context of accounting. It has 3 sources.
Due to the tock Market Crash in 1929 and the global depression that followed suit, U.. industrial output fell 54% and there was 25-30% unemployment. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president and he drastically changed the course of U.. economics and politics by introducing strong government regulation and a package of massive public works projects called the "New Deal." These were meant to re-employ Americans and to build a more modern infrastructure. Following are three sources for the New Deal.

The first source is an article written by Abraham Epstein in 1935 for The Nation. He wrote that the social-security bill was with signed by the President on August 14 with a great deal of publicity surrounding it. However, the issues it was meant to cover and the public opinion regarding it was most…...

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Epstein, Abraham. "Social Security" Under the New Deal (September 4, 1935). The New Deal Network. Retrieved Nov 16, 2003. http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na35261.htm

Fechner, Robert. My Hopes for the CCC (January 1939). The New Deal Network. Retrieved Nov 16, 2003. http://newdeal.feri.org/forests/af139.htm

Mayer, Albert. Can We Have a Housing Program? (October 9, 1935). The New Deal Network. Retrieved Nov 16, 2003. http://newdeal.feri.org/nation/na35400.htm

Taking one side over the other is quite a difficult task, especially when the problem is so complex as the entire economic stability of a country, or that of more countries. And the same conundrum is obvious today, as specific economic sectors (automobile or banking) and specific countries (Greece) face the risks of demise. What should a good leader do? What should have a good leader done?

A responsible leader would have selected the difficult road to recovery; the road which allowed the economy to revive by itself and to realize and correct its mistakes by itself. The measures would have been unpopular as the population would come to feel the repercussions of their extended and unsubstantiated expenses. Still, this approach would have allowed the population and the economic agents to recognize their mistakes and refrain from making them in the future as well. Still, a question is raised regarding whether…...

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References:

Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House,   last accessed on November 3, 2011http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt 

Hoover information, The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum,   last accessed on November 3, 2011http://www.hoover.archives.gov/info/faq.html 

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For FDR, the Second orld ar served as a vital opportunity to revitalize the American economy after years of depression. Therefore, a large part of Roosevelt's justifications, ideas, and visions of the war centered on the economy. The war boosted employment levels, helped involve more women in the workforce, and propelled the industrial development of the nation. The war machine offered impetus for financial investments in industry as well as impetus for developing new technology. In fact, the war era led directly to the consumer culture that was to rise to the fore in the Truman years. Roosevelt had also promoted a bigger federal government even in the years prior to entering the war. The war gave the president the ultimate excuse to further his New Deal plans for greater federal powers.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor served as a convenient excuse to shed America's neutrality and enter into the war…...

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Works Cited

Fish, Hamilton. Quoted in an interview with Studs Terkel originally printed in The Good War. 1980. Cited on "Hamilton Fish." Online at Spartacus. < http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAfishH2.htm>.

Schultz, Stanley K. "World War Two: The Impact at Home." 1999 Ameircan History 102: Civil War to the Present. Online at < http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture21.html>.

Great Depression and the Presidents' Reaction
The Great Depression did not have its origins in the United States, even though its effects were deeply felt there. The major causes of the Great Depression were numerous and yet related. This paper will discuss these causes and show what Hoover and FDR did to respond to the Depression.

Major Causes

The major causes of the Great Depression stemmed from the outcome of WW1: war reparations were forced upon Germany, who could not repay them. Europe as a whole was in financial straits and could not afford to import the American products that Americans were used to exporting. Also, the same credit structure problems that afflicted America were an international affliction. Essentially, the banks were in control of the global money supply (thanks to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 -- and the Great War that soon followed, which allowed American banks to "bailout" foreign governments…...

Rhetoric
FDR's address to the nation following the Pearl Harbor attack is a strong speech. The introduction is strong. It is to the point, and sets the tone for the rest of the speech. The body covers the facts of the situation in a concise manner. The body also ensures that the listener is rallied to the cause. The conclusion contains a call for action. This call for action is directly related to the content of the speech, and flows directly from the introduction.

The overall organization of the speech is effective. The introduction sets the stage for the facts in the body of the speech. Those facts support the call to action that is present in the conclusion. The speech is concise, so that the listener does not lose focus on the message. The speech is oriented towards building emotional and logical support for its conclusion. The facts and conclusion are…...

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Works Cited:

FDR Pearl Harbor Speech. Retrieved October 4, 2011 from http://174.132.193.190/~eiden/mp3clips/politicalspeeches/fdrwarmessage344.mp3

Young, G. (2010). Signposts. A to Z. Of Business Presentations. Retrieved October 4, 2011 from  http://a2zpresentations.wordpress.com/tag/verbal-signpost/

oosevelt and Taft
In the first part of the twentieth century the United States found itself becoming an emerging world power. In response to this new position in the world, two distinct foreign policies developed under two successive presidents: Theodore oosevelt's "big stick" policy and William Taft's "dollar diplomacy." While one was predicated on the development and use of military power to reinforce America's position in the world, the other was based on the development and use of economic resources to accomplish the same goal. oosevelt's position was unashamedly militaristic while Taft's was based on economic incentives, but in the end oosevelt was more successful. This is because, while he promoted military power, his reliance on military power intimidated many nations into acceding to his demands without the actual use of military force while Taft's attempt to downplay military force ultimately required him to use it more often.

Theodore oosevelt based his…...

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References

Faragher, J.M., Buhle, M.J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S.H.. (2009). Out of Many: A

History of the American People, Vol. II. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice

Hall. Print.

These programs were really pushed between 1933 and 1936, with the goals of relief (job programs) reform (stimulating business and providing structure for banking), and to ensure that the events that caused the crash would never happen again (speculation, lack of confidence in American currency, farm and urban policy, and unemployment).
DR had to first focus on something that would provide the quickest recovery for the most people. His administration pushed through a number of banking reform laws that were designed to prevent another crash, to find emergency money for the poor and unemployed who had nowhere else to turn, and to establish work programs so that the able bodied could work, help their family, and recover self-esteem. DR also worked to repeal the Gold Standard so that the new economy would be based on more practical measures, and to repeal Prohibition. Relief was provided, then, in the so-called "alphabet…...

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FDR had to first focus on something that would provide the quickest recovery for the most people. His administration pushed through a number of banking reform laws that were designed to prevent another crash, to find emergency money for the poor and unemployed who had nowhere else to turn, and to establish work programs so that the able bodied could work, help their family, and recover self-esteem. FDR also worked to repeal the Gold Standard so that the new economy would be based on more practical measures, and to repeal Prohibition. Relief was provided, then, in the so-called "alphabet programs, " which guided government dollars towards finding jobs and work for the unemployed, to establish social security, and money designed to help stimulate farming and agriculture and use a trickledown effect to stimulate the economy by providing more dollars for consumer and business spending. The 1934 Securities and Exchange Act also acted to reform the stock market, which in turn, spun other reforms in trade, business practices, and labor acts.

Recovery did happen in two stages. First, Roosevelt appealed directly to the people in his famous "Fireside Chat Program" the first time a sitting President regularly appealed to the populace. Second, although he ran up a large government debt, by establishing relief and reform programs that would diminish unemployment, increase farming and industrial output, and change the attitude of Americans about themselves and the world. Clearly, the situation had improved, and by the end of the 1930s, America was again on the way to recovery and, as would be a repeat of the events prior to World War I, crucial to the European situation from 1939 on.

Common Phrases

Presidents
Compare the presidencies of Roosevelt, Taft, and ilson. hat made them Progressive presidents? Identify what you believe to be the most important pieces of legislation passed during each administration. hy are these so significant? Finally, be sure to indicate what each president did to expand the meaning of freedom for American

Theodore Roosevelt is often called our nation's first Progressive president. Roosevelt used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up heavily consolidated industries that were having a stifling effect upon American commerce and limiting the choices of the American consumer. Roosevelt was also an advocate against child labor and unfair labor practices in general. One of his first noteworthy achievements as president involved negotiating an end to a crippling coal strike. Roosevelt was the first president to pass food and drug safety laws; mandated government supervision of insurance companies; investigated child labor violations and also passed the Hepburn Act, giving…...

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Works Cited

Freidel, Frank & Hugh Sidey. "William Howard Taft." White House Historical Association.

2006. Web. 30 Jan 2015.

"Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom." U.S. History. 2014. Web. 30 Jan 2015.

Yarborough, Jean. "Theodore Roosevelt: Progressive Crusader." The Heritage Foundation. Web.

Part 2

1. Describe the main tenants in the New Deal.

The New Deal was the set of federal programs launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after taking office in 1933, in response to the calamity of the Great Depression.

2. Draw a concept map of the New Deal.

3. The New Deal was a launching pad into World War II. Do you think that this process was helpful or not helpful in the long run?

The New Deal was helpful because it helped lift a country out of a depression. WWII was a necessary war that needed to be fought by America.

4. What is your opinion of Roosevelt exceeding the two term presidential limit? Do you feel that this was right? Would you like to see it happen again?

Roosevelt violated the Constitution and should not have been elected past a second term. This is the only time in history that such an action was…...

Great Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression

The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash of 1929. The 1920s had been a roaring good time for Americans: credit was easy and investments were going up. In the 1920s, it was known as the Installment Plan -- and "enjoy while you pay" was a popular expression used to lure buyers into the market who could not otherwise afford to be consumers. Credit was used for everything -- including stock. However, when credit expands in the form of shoddy loans, a credit bubble is created. The bubble, in this case, popped in 1929 when the market realized no more credit was going to be pumped in as a result of too many loans to undeserving customers were being made (i.e., customers who could not pay them back). With the market correction came the margin calls and accounts had to be…...

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Bibliography

Brinkley, Alan. Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and The Great

Depression. NY: Vintage, 1983.

Butler, Smedley. War is a Racket. LA: Feral House, 2003.

Jeansonne, Glen. Transformation and Reaction America 1921-1945. IL: Waveland

American Morality
The Rooseveltian Nation was initially envisioned by Theodore Roosevelt during the epoch in which the U.S. triumphed in the Spanish American war and heralded its largely Anglo-Saxon nation of limited diversity as the most dominant race of a particular nation on the face of the earth. This concept was further solidified by the efforts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who strove to reinforce the notion of such a national consciousness, character, and racial makeup with his New Deal efforts. However, the Rooseveltian Nation ultimately crumbled due to a plethora of developments near the midway point of the 20th century. A close examination of those factors reveals that they were ultimately linked to the Cold War and to what many Americans believed was an inherent hypocrisy evinced by their country -- which left a number of new ideologies among them in their wake.

The Rooseveltian Nation was able to withstand the throes…...

"Analyzing the Rhetorical Strategies in Roosevelt's 'Declaration for War' Address"
"Persuasion and Power: Roosevelt's Rhetorical Mastery in the 'Declaration for War' Speech"
"A Rhetorical Examination of Roosevelt's Call to Arms: The 'Declaration for War' Speech"
"The Art of Persuasion: Roosevelt's Rhetorical Devices in the 'Declaration for War'"
"Examining Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in Roosevelt's 'Declaration for War' Address"
"The Power of Words: Roosevelt's Rhetorical Techniques in the 'Declaration for War'"
"Deconstructing Roosevelt's Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of the 'Declaration for War'"
"The Language of Leadership: Roosevelt's Rhetorical Strategies in the 'Declaration for War'"
"Rhetorical Flourishes and Strategic Appeals: Analyzing Roosevelt's....