the great depression fdr & his critics. at his inaugural address, franklin delano roosevelt told...
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At his inaugural address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt told the nation: “the only thing we
have to fear is fear itself.”
Roosevelt gave the “forgotten
man” the sense that the nation’s
leaders understood what
he was going through & were responding as
best they could.
• Roosevelt did not have a logical plan about how the economy would be fixed. His approach was “to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit frankly and try another.”
• Some people were critical of FDR’s hit or miss technique.
• In 1939, the New Deal was six years old & had given relief to millions.
• America was still in the midst of the Depression.• Some people wanted even stronger government efforts.
In 1941, after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th,
the nation supported Roosevelt again.