Catholic social teaching was central in the formation of the New Deal, as the U.S. bishops' 1919 program for social ...

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 ...

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 ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, one of the nation’s preeminent historians and the leading scholar on President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

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 ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt went on to become the 32nd President ... hundred days” where they worked to pass the foundational ...

A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President ...

He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt implements the New Deal. The Dust-Bowl devastates the Midwest. Eleanor assists with the formation of the National Youth Administration; She coordinates meeting ...

His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

NEW YORK -- William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

Show more In 1933, newly-elected US President Franklin D Roosevelt attempted to drag the United States out of the depression with the New Deal. One of the biggest public spending projects in ...