President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Progressivism And Long-Term Reform
um Four – Dr. Spring
President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced twentieth century liberalism in response to a severely depressed economy in the early part of the 1930’s. The response was politically welcomed due to a lack of governmental tools to respond to the situation (Hamby 1992, 22). FDR’s progressivism is labeled, The New Deal. The New Deal was an ambitious to bring about relief, recovery and long-term reform. It included a massive increase in public spending. Prior to this, the federal government’s responsibilities focused on foreign policy or domestic trade issues. By the end of FDR’s the New Deal, the government captured the control of much of the economic activity, social assistance and labor relations (Hamby 1992, 23). FDR was in the right time and place to accomplish this, but his “appealing style “ and “ mastery of political technique” helped create this massive new role of the federal government. …show more content…
The exact intentions of Roosevelt’s intent of this are relived in his quote on his assistance that Social Security be fueled by payroll deduction, “ no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program” (Hamby 1992, 30). Furthermore, Roosevelt’s new progressive tradition would not die with him. President Truman “ was disposed to follow in Roosevelt’s footstep’s” (Hamby 1992, 60). Truman’s own progressivism was the Fair Deal. The Fair deal was a continuation of the New Deal in a different style with an international dimension to it. One must credit the Fair Deal for keeping the legacy of the New Deal. If FDR’s term had expired and a new election was held, the New Deal might have been ousted from office as
President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced twentieth century liberalism in response to a severely depressed economy in the early part of the 1930’s. The response was politically welcomed due to a lack of governmental tools to respond to the situation (Hamby 1992, 22). FDR’s progressivism is labeled, The New Deal. The New Deal was an ambitious to bring about relief, recovery and long-term reform. It included a massive increase in public spending. Prior to this, the federal government’s responsibilities focused on foreign policy or domestic trade issues. By the end of FDR’s the New Deal, the government captured the control of much of the economic activity, social assistance and labor relations (Hamby 1992, 23). FDR was in the right time and place to accomplish this, but his “appealing style “ and “ mastery of political technique” helped create this massive new role of the federal government. …show more content…
The exact intentions of Roosevelt’s intent of this are relived in his quote on his assistance that Social Security be fueled by payroll deduction, “ no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program” (Hamby 1992, 30). Furthermore, Roosevelt’s new progressive tradition would not die with him. President Truman “ was disposed to follow in Roosevelt’s footstep’s” (Hamby 1992, 60). Truman’s own progressivism was the Fair Deal. The Fair deal was a continuation of the New Deal in a different style with an international dimension to it. One must credit the Fair Deal for keeping the legacy of the New Deal. If FDR’s term had expired and a new election was held, the New Deal might have been ousted from office as