April 1, 2014
AMH2020.010
Thomas Berson
Exam 2
The presidential administration of F.D.R. differed dramatically from those of the 1920s (Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover) about the role of the federal government in the economy and in the lives of ordinary Americans. How and why did this occur?
The presidential administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt differ dramatically from those of the 1920s such as Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover is that he played an important role in the economy. He establish roles in the nation's economy to the Federal goverment by having them regulate corporate life, and in the health, welfare, and well-being of its citizen. Before 1938, an ordianary working citizen could be force to work as many hours as demanded and as low of a wage as given, even children at all ages. Franklin D. Roosevelt then established the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum work per week at 44 hours. In his inagural address Franklin D. Roosevelt was determined to help out the unemployed citizens starting with launching a program of federal activism., which would change the nature of American goverment. he called the new deal. The New Deal represented a new form of liberalism that shaped the ideal views of American soceity. During his precidency the economic recovery from the Great Depression was temporaily stalled, lasting about 13 month. The unemployment rate increased dramatically and the productioon rate fell, and was called the "Roosevelt Recession". In order to recover the economy he recieved about four billion dollars in new spending from congress, which was split among multiple recovery agencies.When The World at War begin Franklin D. Roosevelt and Church Hill realize that they had to fight facism for "the survival of democracy". Urbanization started to increase in vast number to join the military or take a war job, which accelerated to social