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An excerpt from a 1938 “fireside chat” in which President Roosevelt outlines his economic plan.

An excerpt from a 1938 “fireside chat” in which President Roosevelt outlines his economic plan.

Citation Information: Roosevelt, Franklin, excerpt from “Fireside Chat on Economic Conditions,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/96dd3376e522b64e8ad138bce0d68004.

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The text of remarks by President Roosevelt discussing the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935.

An excerpt from a 1938 “fireside chat” in which President Roosevelt outlines his economic plan.

A photograph of the Works Progress Administration’s malaria drainage project in Georgia in 1936.

A photograph of the Civil Works Administration’s road construction in Arizona in 1934.

A photograph of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Theater Project in New York, ca. 1935.

An excerpt from a 1935 pamphlet in which Harry L. Hopkins describes Social Security.

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