New Deal Era part 2

FDR used bank holidays to restore public confidence in the American banking system.

FDR deliberately chose a divided administration to ensure the best solutions were available.

FDR's personal characteristics helped him defeat Democrat Hoover in the Election of 1938.

The last major piece of New Deal reform abolished child labor and limited some working hours.

FDR's 1936 party challenger from the South, pictured earlier, proposed a form of socialism.

The Social Security Act of 1935 allowed workers to unionize and bargain collectively.

Sit-down strikes were commonly used by the CIO for union recognition during the Depression.

Business leaders felt that Roosevelt's Administration engaged in too much deficit spending.

The Home Loan Corp. and FCA provided mortgage and debt relief as part of the first New Deal.

Many African Americans switched party allegiance and voted Republican in the Election of 1936.

FDR defeated Republican Alfred Landon by winning 60% of the Electoral College votes in 1938.

Historians refer to FDR's court-packing plan as a major political mistake.