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The New Deal: Taking on the Crises of the Great Depression

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The New Deal: Taking on the Crises of the Great Depression
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The New Deal: Taking on the Crises of the Great Depression

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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. ET
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a radio broadcast (Library of Congress / Harris & Ewing)

During the early years of the Great Depression, Americans experienced economic decline on a scale that was without precedent in the nation’s history. Historian Edward O’Donnell explores the causes and impact of this era in an examination of the key aspects of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, including the philosophical and political ideas behind it.

He surveys the goals and outcomes of short-term programs like the Work Progress Administration and permanent reforms such as Social Security; the conservative challenges to the New Deal, such as the American Liberty League; the formation of the New Deal coalition; and an assessment of the successes and failures of the New Deal, as well as its legacy.

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