Examples of First New Deal in the following topics:
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- Nearly all
the programs of the first stage of the New Deal were initiated at that time and
executed within less than the following two years.
- Although
historians label it as the First New Deal, initiatives introduced in the first
100 days of Roosevelt's presidency do not form a unified program.
- Some of the most
important programs and reforms of the First New Deal were:
- Although this list is not
complete, it gives an idea of what kind of initiatives fall under the umbrella of the First New
Deal.
- While the Second New Deal
was a continuation of the First New Deal, reforms and programs
labeled as the Second New Deal were less a result of the earlier sense of
emergency and more a reflection of bolder attitudes.
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- In 1935, the Roosevelt administration unveiled legislation that would be known as the Second New Deal.
- This "Second New Deal" was noted to be more liberal and more controversial than the "First New Deal" of 1933–34.
- The work programs of the "First New Deal" were solely meant as immediate relief, destined to run less than a decade.
- The Second New Deal also addressed housing.
- The United States Housing Authority was one of the last New Deal agencies.
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- During the final stage of the New Deal, the Roosevelt administration introduced far fewer initiatives than during FDR's first term but still passed some influential legislative initiatives.
- Historians continue to debate when the New Deal ended.
- Although traditionally the New Deal is divided into two stages (First New Deal, 1933-34/5 and Second New Deal 1935-38), some historians refer to the final phase of the New Deal as the Third New Deal.
- Despite the continuous economic crisis and hardships, the New Deal was largely over by 1939, where this family was seeking New Deal benefits.
- Examine the last New Deal programs pushed through by the Roosevelt administration
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- Some of the First New Deal flagship programs either excluded or even hurt African Americans.
- As subsidies were paid to (usually white) landlords for not growing certain crops on a part of their land, black (and white) sharecroppers and other tenants were the first victims of the new policy.
- The 1933 National Recovery Administration, the main First New Deal agency responsible for industrial recovery, had hardly anything to offer to African Americans as National Industrial Recovery Act's (NIRA) provisions covered the industries, from which black workers were usually excluded.
- However, other New Deal programs produced much more positive outcomes for African Americans.
- Evaluate to what extent African Americans and women benefitted from New Deal policies
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- Although many First New Deal (1933-1934/5) policies were controversial and triggered criticism among representatives of business, politics, labor, and experts, they demonstrated that the new administration took immediate action, which most agreed was necessary.
- The American Liberty League was a non-partisan organization formed in 1934 in opposition to the New Deal.
- The court-packing plan strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal.
- The Coalition's members did not form a solid anti-New Deal legislation voting bloc.
- The results of the 1938 midterm election demonstrated that the dissatisfaction with New Deal policies grew.
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- The New Deal agenda was an unprecedented effort to battle the Great Depression.
- Flagship First New Deal programs like the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act as well as a number of smaller, less expansive legislative proposals were deemed either entirely or partially unconstitutional.
- Additionally, many Justice Department lawyers failed to influence either the drafting or review of much of the White House's New Deal legislation and had doubts about quickly and poorly drafted New Deal proposals.
- However, political opposition to the Bill emerged immediately, not only among anti-New Deal conservatives.
- In 1938, he became the first Supreme Court justice nominated by FDR.
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- During Roosevelt's first term, the Supreme Court had struck down several New Deal measures intended to bolster economic recovery during the Great Depression, leading to charges from New Deal supporters that a narrow majority of the court was obstructionist and political.
- The flurry of new law in the wake of Roosevelt's first hundred days swamped the Justice Department with more responsibilities than it could manage.
- Additionally, many Justice Department lawyers were ideologically opposed to the New Deal and failed to influence either the drafting or review of much of the White House's New Deal legislation.
- Roosevelt was wary of the Supreme Court early in his first term, and his administration was slow to bring constitutional challenges of New Deal legislation before the court.
- Presided over the New Deal Era.
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- The "First 100 Days" was a period of productive activity for the new Roosevelt administration.
- The most popular of all New Deal agencies – and Roosevelt's favorite – was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which hired 250,000 unemployed young men to work on rural local projects.
- Its goals were to spend $3.3 billion in the first year and $6 billion in all, and to provide employment, stabilize purchasing power, and help revive the economy.
- The PWA was one of several New Deal agencies employing under-and-unemployed workers.
- As noted by one authority, Roosevelt's New Deal "was literally stamped on the American landscape. " Perhaps more importantly, the projects put millions of unemployed back to work and contributed to the restoration of national pride.
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- A liberal Democrat, Truman was determined both to continue the legacy of the New Deal and make his own mark in social policy.
- Solidly based upon the New Deal tradition of Truman's predecessor FDR in its advocacy of wide-ranging social legislation, the Fair Deal differed enough to claim a separate identity for Truman.
- In the 1946 congressional elections, Republicans gained majorities in both houses of Congress for the first time since 1928, and set their sights on reversing the liberal direction of the Roosevelt years.
- According to Eric Leif Davin, the 1949-50 Congress: "was the most liberal Congress since 1938 and produced more 'New-Deal-Fair-Deal' legislation than any Congress between 1938 and Johnson’s Great Society of the mid-1960s.”
- This agenda was called the "Fair Deal. " As shown in this news headline, Truman used the power of the executive order to desegregate the armed forces.