HIS 2366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Appeasement, Fireside Chats, Carry You
13 Dec 2015
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Lecture #25 notes lauren poor his 2366 (fall 2015) The indian new deal: day to day life not necessarily better despite radical change. The new deal and mexican-americans: la raza. Fdr and the idea of freedom: reckoning with liberty . Fireside chats: helped his reelection, by 1936, most americans have electricity (effective techniques), radio and are listening to the president. The election of 1936: fdr for re-election wins by landslide, platform: answering his critics i am not giving up; trust me! . Convinced public he"s going to keep trying. The heyday of american communism: some people thinking maybe new deal isn"t working, maybe communism could work?". By 1940, new deal is utterly over. American people: it both helped and didn"t help us. Fighting for the four freedoms: world war ii (1941-1945) Fdr creates narrative about what we should be concerned with: four freedoms: advertises not what we are but what we should aspire to be and fight for.
