I. Introduction

• •the New Deal,the creation of the "welfare state," and the central issue of American politics ever since

II. The Great Depression

• •the stock market crash (1929)



• •unemployment



• •the presidential election of 1932

III. Roosevelt's career

• •Youth



• •early political career
• •state legislature (1910-1913)
• •Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-1920)
• •candidate for Vice President (1920)



• •polio
• •mother vs. wife



• •Governor of New York (1928-1932)



• •the "First New Deal" (1933-1935)
• •banking crisis
• •the "Hundred Days" (Mar.-June 1933)
• •the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
• •relief and recovery
• •the Supreme Court (1935-1936)













• •the "Second New Deal" (1935-1938)
• •reform
• •the National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act (1935)
• •the "court packing" plan (1937)
• •the "Roosevelt recession" and the election of 1938
• •the end of the New Deal

IV. Conclusion

• •Was the New Deal a success or a failure?



• •FDR and the welfare state