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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s promise of a new approach to the Depression, subsequently developed into programmes of relief, recovery and reform.

Roosevelt’s promise of a new approach to tackling the Depression through government action; it subsequently became the name for his recovery and reform programmes.

Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York, offered an alternative. He promised a ‘New Deal for the American people’, presenting government action and experimentation as answers to the crisis. His campaign appealed to the ‘forgotten man’: ordinary Americans who felt neglected by those in power.

The programmes and reforms introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to tackle the Great Depression.

For Roosevelt’s victory, distinguish reasons to reject Hoover from reasons to support Roosevelt. Campaign promises are not the same as later New Deal achievements.

Distinguish opposition to government intervention from criticism that the New Deal did not do enough.

Roosevelt promised a New Deal in 1932; its programmes followed after he became president in March 1933.

Roosevelt instead offered optimism and the promise of ‘a new deal for the American people’. He flew to the Democratic convention in Chicago to accept the nomination in person, breaking with tradition and presenting himself as an energetic leader despite the effects of polio.

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programmes introduced from 1933 to provide relief from the Great Depression, encourage economic recovery and reform the American economy.

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