THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Serving as one of her husband’s cabinet members
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refusing most public appearances
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actively promoting New Deal Programs
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Encouraging opposition to many of the New Deal Programs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman.
Detailed explanation-2: -She was also the first first lady to write a monthly magazine column and to host a weekly radio show. In the first year of her husband’s administration, Roosevelt was determined to match his presidential salary, and she earned $75, 000 from her lectures and writing, most of which she gave to charity.
Detailed explanation-3: -The New Deal had three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief meant that the president wanted to help those in crisis immediately by creating jobs, bread lines, and welfare. Recovery was aimed at fixing the economy and ending the Depression.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economy after prices had fallen sharply. New Deal programs included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.