Republicans and Evangelicals I The New Deal

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Something had to be done. The Great Depression meant the loss of a vast number of jobs and left families waiting on bread lines. Economists like John Meynard Keynes puzzled over what to do. President Hoover took a laissez-faire approach to the catastrophe, only to have matters get worse. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office and his administration kicked The New Deal into gear. It was a program that offered diverse aid to citizens from protections for money in banks to homeowner assistance.

Many Christian leaders came to hate the New Deal, especially libertarians. Their opposition to the New Deal as creeping socialism sparked the National Prayer Breakfast, some of Billy Graham's speeches, and the bonding of capitalism to Christianity and the US. So we should probably know what the New Deal was!

Our guest on this episode is Justin Rosolino. He's a high school history teacher and the author of the book "Idiot Sojourning Soul".

You can find pictures of Chris' 50-mile New Deal Bike Tour on the website at www.trucepodcast.com.

Helpful Links:

• FDR's Inauguration Speech on C-SPAN
• Interesting YouTube video about the causes of the Great Depression

Topics Discussed:

• What was the Social Gospel?
• Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
• What was the New Deal?
• The Civilian Conservation Corp
• The Works Progress Administration
• Jenny Lake - Grand Teton National Park
• Unemployment

Discussion Questions:

• Why do some people dislike the New Deal?
• Which of the programs most impacts you?
• What do you think of the New Deal? Was it a form of socialism?
• Do you think there will ever be another New Deal in the US?

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