Episode Recording -- "Roosevelt and the New Deal"

Why Roosevelt’s New Deal policies were successful.

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The first topic discussed was the success that Roosevelt's policies had on

rebuilding the US economy following the stock market crash that spiked the Great

Depression. In such a desperate time, the US elected Roosevelt to fix a mess that

he didn’t create. Roosevelt was able to create multiple avenues that tried to fix the

economy, but also to make sure that this never happens again. This includes:

Social Security, CCC, and Stabilization of Banks across the country. Roosevelt

was popular enough to get reelected in 1936 and continue his New Deal policies.

He believed in them and so did the American people. 01:10 - 03:01

2. Why Roosevelt’s New Deal policies were not successful.

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The second topic discussed was the failures of Roosevelt’s policies that tried to

fix the US economy following the Great Depression. The first failure is brokenpromises made by the government. While some of the policies were successful, a

lot were not as successful. Roosevelt also grew the role of the government in

Americans everyday lives. 03:01 - 05:47

3. The long lasting impact of Roosevelt’s New Deal Policies.

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The last topic discussed is the long lasting impact that Roosevelt’s policies had on

our nation. Even today it is clear to see the long lasting impact that Roosevelt had

on our country. Roosevelt was able to leave a long lasting impact on our country,

whether it was good, bad, or indifferent it was still largely impactful. Not just for

those immediately impacted by the great depression, but also on our country

today. 05:47 - 07:24

00:29 Introduction: All right. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Students

Podcasting History Podcast where we discuss all of President Franklin Roosevelt's highest of

highs and his lowest of lows. My name is Cooper Collins and I will be your host today on the

Students Podcasting History Podcast. Today we will talk specifically about Roosevelt's New

Deal policies.

00:29 - 00:46 Reintroduction: In particular, we will be speaking about why it happened and

how it changed the course of the United States. In today's episode of the Students Podcasting

History Podcast, we will go through why the second why the New Deal was successful, why it

wasn't in a long lasting impact that the 32nd president had on our nation during this time. So

buckle up for a five minute deep dive into FDR's transformative policies.

00:46 - 01:10 Outline: In today's episode of the Students Podcasting History podcast, we'll

unpack FDR's new policies. FDR's New Deal policies were the single most impactful set of

policies signed in American history. Over time, historians have discussed if FDR's policies were

successful or not. What many historians have also discussed is the long lasting impact that the

policies have had on America today. Tonight we'll be discussing all of these points on today's

episode of the Students Podcasting History Podcast.

01:10 - 01:37 Main Point 1: Let's start today's podcast discussing why FDR's policies were

successful. One of the biggest accomplishments is his creation of Social Security. Social Social

Security act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. The creation of theSocial Security was a largely successful law passed by Roosevelt. While the bill has its flaws,

most historians agree that the creation of the Social Security was to protect Americans.

01:37 - 02:03 To protect Americans was largely successful. Another great accomplishment of the

New Deal was the CCC or the Civilian conservation corps. By 1939, the CCC had helped build

over 800 parks, restored 3 billion trees and constructed essential infrastructure across the U.S. it

wasn't just about work. It was about rebuilding a country that had lost its foundation.

02:03 - 02:24 Roosevelt also succeeded in stabilizing the banks in America, which was a major

failure after the Great Depression. In a paper published by David M. Kennedy, David M.

Kennedy, he outlined some of the points that were just made. He says the New Deal provided

more assurance to bank depositors, the fdic, more reliable information to investors, the sec, more

safety to lenders, the FHA, more stability to relations between capital and labor, the NLRB, more

predictable wages to the most vulnerable workers, the FLSA and a safety net for the both the

unemployed and the elderly.

02:24 - 03:01 Social Security. Roosevelt's policies were popular enough to get him reelected in

1936, in his re election speech he stated, since that struggle, however, man's invented genius

released new focus in our land which recorded the lives of our people. Roosevelt saw success in

his policies and so did the American people. The second point that we'll discuss today is the

failures of FDR's new policies. Despite the previously mentioned success, the New Deal wasn't

without its faults.

03:01 - 03:33 Main Point 2: The main fault of FDR's policies is the broken promises made by

President Roosevelt. Other faults included our threats to private property and too much

government intervention. Most of the faults of FDR's policies were the role that the government

was given to fix the economy in America. Many historians have argued that this was needed to

fix the economy. However, the abundance of a government intervention set a bad example for

how the role of President should be treated.

03:33 - 03:55 One of the biggest critics of FDR's New Deal policies was the man that he beat in

the election of 1932. Hoover published an attack on FDR's policies the night before the electionof 1932 titled Herbert Hoover on the New Deal. A quote that I found incredibly interesting when

as follows. Let us pause for a moment and examine the American system of government, of

social and economic life, which it is now proposed that we should alter. Our system is the

product of our race and of our experience in building a nation to heights unparalleled in the

whole history of the world.

03:55 - 05:13 It is a system peculiar to the American people. It differs essentially from all others

in the world. It is an American system. Hoover's main point is that what Roosevelt has done is

unconstitutional and anti American, while Hoover was an opponent of Roosevelt's. This point

still stands as maybe the most important argument against FDR's New Deal policies.

Another important point made by Hoover is one as follows. Our economic system has received

abnormal shocks during the past three years which temporarily dislocated its normal functioning.

These shocks have in large sense come from without our borders. But I say to you that our, our

system of government has enabled us to take such action as to prevent the disaster which would

otherwise have come to our nation. It has enabled us further to develop measures and programs

which are now demonstrating their ability to bring about restoration and progress.

05:13 - 05:47 Main Point 3: The third and last point that we're going to make today is the point

that FDR's policies had a long lasting impact, not just during the Great Depression, but the years

that followed. So the last point that we will discuss today on the Students Podcasting History

podcast is the long lasting impact the New Deal policies had on America. While previously

mentioned that President Roosevelt's New Deal policies allowed for an abundance of

government intervention, which led to a revolutionary change in the role of the presidency.

However, this is not this does have a major impact on today. The role of presidency obviously

has changed over time.

However, FDR's policies have allowed for major government intervention in desperate times.

We've even seen this today in President Donald Trump. President Trump has followed in the

shoes of FDR in the aspect of government intervention in times of need. George H. Saku

highlights this in an article titled Franklin D.

Roosevelt and the Expansion of Presidential Power. He states, in a sense, Franklin Roosevelt was

the last president to exercise vast presidential powers without being subjected to widecongressional and popular criticism. He played a major and significant role in creating a

powerful modern presidency. Whether successors wisely use the presidential power that

Roosevelt magnified during the Great Depression and World War II is questionable. This quote

perfectly shows the long lasting impact that Roosevelt had on the most powerful job in the

world.

05:47 - 07:24 Roosevelt's actions during the Great Depression revolutionized the power that one

man has on the entire world. Now, is that good or bad? That's completely up to one's own

interpretation. Overall, the impact that President Roosevelt had on our country is unmatched.

Bradford A.Lee Beautiful states this point, saying the results may have been mixed, but the

impact was unmistakable. Even a curiousy curiously inspection of the New Deal says that it

reshaped American institutions and gave materials substance to millions of people who had been

thrown out of jobs and into various states of misery by the Depression. This perfectly aligns with

our final point today. The New Deal may have had mixed reviews, but the impact it had on the

US Is undeniable. Overall, President Roosevelt's policies were the single greatest policies signed

into action by the American government in our great nation's history.

Over time, many have argued if the New Deal was successful or not. However, what they cannot

argue is the impact that the policies had on America and history today. President Roosevelt was

revolutionary for his time and that he was able not only to fix the economy, but also reshape the

way that we look at the Presidency today. Thank you all for listening to today's episode of the

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