The New Deal

A thorough study of this chapter should enable you to understand:

1. The series of emergency measures designed to restore confidence that were enacted during the first 100 days.
2. The New Deal programs for raising farm prices and promoting industrial recovery.
3. The first federal efforts at regional planning.
4. The New Deal program for reforming the financial system.
5. The federal relief programs and Social Security.
6. The political pressures from both the left and the right  that caused FDR to move in new directions from 1935 onward.
7. The changes in organized labor during the New Deal period.
8. The effects of the Court packing scheme and the recession of 1937 on Roosevelt and the New Deal.
9. The impact of the New Deal on minorities and women.
10. The lasting significance of the New Deal to the American economy, political system, and popular culture.