Great Depression and New Deal

Mario R. DiNunzio is emeritus professor of history at Providence College, RI.

• Introduction,Rugged Individualism,Herbert Hoover's "Principles and Ideals of the United States Government"October 22, 1928Veto of the Bonus Bill,Herbert Hoover's Veto of the Emergency Adjusted Compensation BillFebruary 26, 1931Muscle Shoals Veto Message,Herbert Hoover's Veto of the Muscle Shoals ResolutionMarch 3, 1931Protest at the Bank of the United States,Image of a Bank Run1931The Government Takes an Active Role in Banks,The Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act and President Hoover's Signing StatementJanuary 22, 1932"What Ten Million Women Want," Eleanor Roosevelt on the Role of Women in SocietyMarch 5, 1932"Bold, Persistent Experimentation," Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at Oglethorpe UniversityMay 22, 1932War against the Depression,Republican Party Platform of 1932June 14, 1932The End of Prohibition: "A Proper and Needed Revenue," Democratic Party Platform of 1932June 27, 1932The Bonus Army,Image of the Removal of Protesting VeteransJuly 1932Creation of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,Emergency Relief and Construction ActJuly 21, 1932andFederal Emergency Relief ActMay 12, 1933Help for Home Owners and Buyers,Federal Home Loan Bank ActJuly 22, 1932The Philosophy of Government,Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech to the Commonwealth Club of San FranciscoSeptember 23, 1932"The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself," Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural AddressMarch 4, 1933Declaration of a Banking Holiday,Franklin D. Roosevelt's Proclamation 2039March 6, 1933The Banking Crisis,The Emergency Banking Relief ActMarch 9, 1933andFranklin D. Roosevelt's First Fireside ChatMarch 12, 1933Launching the Civilian Conservation Corps,Emergency Conservation Work ActMarch 31, 1933andFranklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 6101April 5, 1933Abandoning the Gold Standard,Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102April 5, 1933Helping the American Farmer,Agricultural Adjustment ActMay 12, 1933Muscle Shoals Revisited,Tennessee Valley Authority ActMay 18, 1933Regulating Industry,National Industrial Recovery ActJune 16, 1933Creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,The Glass-Steagall Emergency Banking ActJune 22, 1933"With the Civilian Conservation Corps," American Forests: Magazine of the American Forestry AssociationJuly 1933"The Teacher Faces the Depression," Eunice Langdon, Nation MagazineAugust 16, 1933"The Necessity of Profound Change," John Maynard Keynes, "An Open Letter to President Roosevelt"December 31, 1933Regulating the Stock Market,Securities Exchange Act of 1934June 6, 1934The Defeat of the National Recovery Administration,A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesMay 27, 1935Protecting Workers by Supporting Unions,National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)July 5, 1935"The New Deal and the Negro: A Look at the Facts," Robert C. Weaver, Opportunity: Journal of Negro LifeJuly 1935Legacy of the New Deal,The Social Security ActAugust 14, 1935Rejecting the Agricultural Adjustment Act,United States v. ButlerJanuary 6, 1936Attack on the New Deal,Al Smith's Liberty League SpeechJanuary 25, 1936Migrant Mother,Image of the Hard Life of Depression VictimsFebruary/March 1936WPA Workers in Alabama,Image of Honest Work Done through the Works Progress AdministrationJune 2, 1936"America Is in Peril," Republican Party Platform of 1936June 9, 1936"Roosevelt and Ruin," Father Charles E. Coughlin's National Radio AddressJune 19, 1936"On the Road to Restored Prosperity," Democratic Party Platform of 1936June 23, 1936Judicial Branch Reorganization Plan,Franklin D. Roosevelt, "The President Presents a Plan"February 5, 1937Criticism of Roosevelt's Supreme Court Reform Plan,Editorial, New York Herald-TribuneFebruary 8, 1937Constitutional Validity of Minimum Wage Laws,West Coast Hotel Co. v. ParrishMarch 29, 1937In Support of Improved Housing,Federal Housing ActSeptember 1, 1937Creating the Forty-Hour Work Week and Regulating Child Labor,Fair Labor Standards ActJune 25, 1938Moving toward Racial Equality,Executive Order 8802June 25, 1941Economic Bill of Rights,Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union AddressJanuary 11, 1944Timeline,Further Reading,Index,About the Author,