The New Deal

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1. Wikipedia: The New Deal
2. The New Deal Network
3. The Living New Deal Project
4. Library of Congress: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal
5. University of Virginia: The Real Deal
6. National New Deal Preservation Association
7. Roosevelt University: Center For New Deal Studies

The New Deal Background and Causes

1920s Economy

• Wikipedia: American Agricultural Economy in the 1920s-1940
• Library Of Congress: Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
• University of California, Berkeley: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century - The Roaring Twenties

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

• Wikipedia: Wall Street Crash of 1929
• New York Times: Looking Back at the Crash of '29
• PBS: Stock Market Crash

The Great Depression

• Wikipedia: Great Depression
• University of California at Berkeley: Sliding Into The Great Depression
• Ludwig von Mises Institute: America's Great Depression
• Library Of Congress: Americans React to the Great Depression

The New Deal Central Figures

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• The White House: Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Wikipedia: Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum
• Miller Center of Public Affairs: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
• Time Magazine: Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

Eleanor Roosevelt

• The White House: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
• Wikipedia: Eleanor Roosevelt
• The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: What New Deal Policies did Eleanor Roosevelt influence?
• Time Magazine: Eleanor Roosevelt
• New York Times: "Obituary: Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady 12 Years, Often Called 'World's Most Admired Woman'" (1962)

Henry A. Wallace

• Henry A. Wallace Center: Life of Henry A. Wallace
• Wikipedia: Henry A. Wallace
• The New Deal Network: "Second Only to Roosevelt" Henry A. Wallace and the New Deal
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum: Henry A. Wallace Biography
• United States Senate: Henry Agard Wallace, 33rd Vice President (1941-1945)

The New Deal Images and Media

• Library of Congress: By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
• Library of Congress: America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
• The National Archives: A New Deal For the Arts
• Georgetown University: Harry Hopkins and the New Deal: As Seen by Cartoonists
• The New Deal Network: Photo Gallery
• Indiana University Art Museum: Farm Security Administration Photographs

The New Deal Books and Research

• Center for New Deal Studies: Publications
• The New Deal Network: Features
• Amazon.com: Franklin D Roosevelt And The New Deal
• Amazon.com: The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940

The New Deal Blogs and Message Boards

• H-US1918-45 Discussion Network
• New Deal Network: Forum
• Greg Mankiw's Blog: The New Deal Revisited
• Coyote Blog: Revisiting the New Deal. Finally.

The New Deal Timeline

• 1933: March, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated president.
• 1933: March 19, Roosevelt establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps.
• 1933: May, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration begins providing state assistance for the unemployed.
• 1933: May, the Tennessee Valley Authority is created.
• 1933: June 16, the National Industrial Recovery Act goes into effect, creating the [National Recovery Administration National Recovery Administration].
• 1933: June 16, the Glass-Steagall Act is passed, creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
• 1933: August, the Soil Erosion Service is established.
• 1933: November 8, the Civil Works Administration is created to provide temporary jobs to the unemployed.
• 1935: April, the Works Progress Administration is established.
• 1935: June, FDR signs an executive order establishing the National Youth Administration.
• 1935: July 5, the National Labor Relations Act is signed into law.
• 1935: August 14, the Social Security Act is enacted.
• 1938: April, Roosevelt asks Congress to authorize $3.75 billion in federal spending to stimulate the economy.
• 1941: December, the U.S. enters World War II, which essentially ends the Great Depression.
• 1945: April 12, Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage during his fourth term as president.

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