Introduction
Analyze the Cartoon
- What does this cartoon say about President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
- What does each of the dancing children represent?
Type your ideas in your 6.03 Notes Outline.
What is FDR doing? And why does he look so happy?
Why are FDR's programs represented by children?
What do the letters stand for on their backs?
Lesson Preview
Roosevelt did not have one particular strategy to fix the economy. He, along with his cabinet and trusted advisors, known as the "Brain Trust," would simply try-out programs. The agencies and legislation that became part of the New Deal were later referred to as alphabet agencies. They employed millions, completed thousands of public work projects, and changed the way the American public thought about the federal government.
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