Table of Contents

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