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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised the American people a “New Deal,” and President John F. Kennedy declared America ...

New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State, historian Anthony Gregory emphasizes how an earlier president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, built up policing ...

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

Elected in November 1932 as the economic crisis ravaged the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into action it was time for the New Deal This bold ...

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

It was the day of Franklin Delano ... family's sprawling estate in New York, as the only child of two doting parents. He was particularly close to his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt.

Complete Guide to the Home of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York including tours, things to ...

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 ...