Informative discussion on FDR and the Democratic Party coalition that primarily consisted of African-Americans, union members, women, Mexican-Americans, and recent immigrants. This "New Deal" coalition provided power for the Democrats...

Overview of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration after his decisive re-election in 1936. Discusses political party organization and the debate over government responsibility to citizens.

A good look at how the Great Depression affected Pennsylvania. See how New Deal legislation brought relief to the unemployed in Pennsylvania after 1936.

Follow the details of the accord, to form a coalition government,that was signed by the Liberals, New Democrats, and the Bloc Quebecois as they prepare to try and remove the Conservative Government of Canada through a confidence vote.

Read about the struggle Franklin D. Roosevelt had in trying to get the Fair Labor Standards Act passed. With public support, he continued to push the ideas presented in the law until it finally was enacted into law.

Read Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address in which he assesses the previous four years and lays out his plan for the next.

Overview of the changing federal government role as it increased involvement and intervention in business and social welfare in the 1900s.

Overview of the 1936 election in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Alfred Landon for the presidency.