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Explore why FDR chose radio 'fireside chats', life in the CCC, impact of NIRA, and opposition by Huey Long with Share-Our-Wealth program.
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Bell Ringer – 10/11/07 • Why do you believe President Roosevelt chose to explain the New Deal through “fireside chats” over the radio? • What was life like for men in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)? • What did the National Industrial Recovery Act do for America?
Huey Long A Louisiana senator who was against Roosevelt’s New Deal He started a program known as “Share-Our-Wealth” Some people began to think that Roosevelt needed to do more Long was assassinated by a lone gunman just as he became popular