March 4, 1933: Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt On this day in 1933, FDR stood outside the Capitol building and presented the New Deal through his inaugural speech as the 32nd U.S. president.  The New Deal was a series of economic reforms that responded to the Great Depression. It stressed the importance of the three R’s: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. During the famous first one hundred days, Roosevelt’s administration actively focused on measures that pushed for economic recovery, such as the Bank Holiday and Agricultural Adjustment Act, while also creating the National Recovery Administration and the Public Works Administration. Historians have claimed that the New Deal represented total bipartisanship from members in Congress. Remember the events during the Great Depression with American Experience’s timeline. Image: Franklin Roosevelt explained many of the aspects of his New Deal programs to the American public through a series of “Fireside Chats” delivered by the new medium of the era, radio. (Library of Congress)
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March 4, 1933: Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

On this day in 1933, FDR stood outside the Capitol building and presented the New Deal through his inaugural speech as the 32nd U.S. president. 

The New Deal was a series of economic reforms that responded to the Great Depression. It stressed the importance of the three R’s: Relief, Recovery, and Reform. During the famous first one hundred days, Roosevelt’s administration actively focused on measures that pushed for economic recovery, such as the Bank Holiday and Agricultural Adjustment Act, while also creating the National Recovery Administration and the Public Works Administration.

Historians have claimed that the New Deal represented total bipartisanship from members in Congress.

Remember the events during the Great Depression with American Experience’s timeline.

Image: Franklin Roosevelt explained many of the aspects of his New Deal programs to the American public through a series of “Fireside Chats” delivered by the new medium of the era, radio. (Library of Congress)

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