3.2.1
The New Deal
The New Deal
The New Deal
In 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) launched his ‘New Deal’. This was a programme to bring America out of economic depression.


Franklin D Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
- FDR was elected as President in 1933 after a career in the Navy and then as Governor of New York.
- FDR was extremely popular as he pledged to the American people that he would seek a ‘new deal’ and a way out of poverty. By 1932, 25% of the American population was unemployed.
- In 1933 FDR launched his ‘New Deal’. This was a programme to bring America out of economic depression.
- The deal promised help for the unemployed, subsidies for farmers and welfare payments for the poor and elderly.


FDR and black people
FDR and black people
- FDR was a supporter of the black community.
- FDR appointed Clark Foreman as the ‘Special Advisor for the Economic Status of the Negro’.
- Although FDR appointed various white people who were sympathetic to the black cause, many of the state officials he needed to carry out the work didn’t share his views.
- This resulted in a lack of assistance for black people.


The alphabet agencies
The alphabet agencies
- FDR secured vast sums of money and established ‘alphabet agencies’ that were government institutions created to assist with the economic depression.
- An example of an alphabet agency is the AAA.
- This was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration but was known as the AAA, hence the term ‘alphabet agencies’.
1‘Free at Last’ 1865-77
1.1The Thirteenth Amendment
1.2Radical Reconstruction, 1867-77
2The Triumph of ‘Jim Crow’ 1883-c1890
2.1Jim Crow Laws & Civil Rights Cases
3The New Deal and Race Relations, 1933–41
3.1Failure to Address Black Grievances
3.2The New Deal
3.3The Second World War
4‘I have a dream’, 1954–68
4.1Civil Rights Activities, 1954–63
4.2Civil Rights 1964-68
4.3Malcolm X & The Black Panthers
5Obama's Campaign for the Presidency, 2004–09
5.1The Late 20th Century
5.2Barack Obama & his Political Career
5.3Reasons for Obama's Victory
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1‘Free at Last’ 1865-77
1.1The Thirteenth Amendment
1.2Radical Reconstruction, 1867-77
2The Triumph of ‘Jim Crow’ 1883-c1890
2.1Jim Crow Laws & Civil Rights Cases
3The New Deal and Race Relations, 1933–41
3.1Failure to Address Black Grievances
3.2The New Deal
3.3The Second World War
4‘I have a dream’, 1954–68
4.1Civil Rights Activities, 1954–63
4.2Civil Rights 1964-68
4.3Malcolm X & The Black Panthers
5Obama's Campaign for the Presidency, 2004–09
5.1The Late 20th Century
5.2Barack Obama & his Political Career
5.3Reasons for Obama's Victory

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