Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Chapter 34 Outline FDR: Politician in a Wheelchair Eleanor Roosevelt: first lady, Roosevelt?s cousin and wife, more active first lady, fought for the impoverished and oppressed Presidential Hopefuls of 1932 New Deal: for the ?forgotten man? ?Brains Trust?: small group of reform-minded intellectuals, credited for writing FDR?s campaign speeches ?The Worst is Past?: Hoover?s campaigning tried to cover up the depression Hoover?s Humiliation in 1932 FDR: won the presidential election, wouldn?t accept Hoover?s burdens while not yet in office Hooverites: blamed Roosevelt for allowing the depression to worsen after the results but before his inauguration FDR and the Three R?s: Relief, Recovery, Reform ?Money changers?: declared that gov. must wage war on the GD, denounced by FDR