What few people know about the program that 'saved' America - Meg Jacobs

Explore the successes and failures of FDR’s New Deal, a set of legislation during the Great Depression which aimed to save the US economy.

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In 1932, one in four Americans was unemployed, marking the highest unemployment rate in the country’s history. The Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal— a comprehensive set of legislation to support struggling citizens and put the country back to work. Meg Jacobs digs into the policies of this bold campaign and how it didn’t fully live up to its promises.

Lesson by Meg Jacobs, directed by Anton Bogaty.

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[gaymansendnudespls]

I absolutely love the effort to change the animation style every episode and I love all of them

[thewatcherinthecloud]

2:18 "Young, single men with families."
*Visible confusion*

[miker.]

1:08 FDR founded the TVA? I knew he was a Time-Keeper!

[Lines]

My dad was in the CCC and in the 70s, I was in the YCCIP. I think it's a great idea, especially since infrastructure dearly needs work.

[samuelzhao]

2 additional facts: The act that helped make sure saving accounts were insured is called the FDIC and is still a round to this day. Also, the AAA was also a program where the governemnt paid farmers to farm less and destroy crop ready for the market. This helped stabilize prices, but a lot of people didn’t like it

[TheAyushshah]

Glad to see the TVA exists in this universe too. Hoping Loki wasn’t hiding in one of the apocalypses

[uzairahmed]

I'm in love with this channel! Makes me want to learn and learn and learn and learn. Never stop your content! ♥️🥺

[humeranaz]

I dont like how Eleanor Roosevelt only gets an honorable mention...she literally foresaw those policies along with her husband

[tashibalampkin]

It would be nice to have a New New Deal now.

[logical_harm]

We just had a test on this in summer school right before this vid came out wtf

[Apollyon]

Love to see another CCC type program for environmental and infrastructure needs.

[prateek]

I knew it was about the New deal before I even opened it.
What a legacy

[joanhoffman]

My father was in the CCC before WWII, when he then joined the Army Air Corps.

[vratsukauminotica]

The program that "saved" the

Me : "vault-tec"😂

[aBusybee]

Great video and summary on these programs.

Unrelated comment about the animation. They show someone welding on the aircraft. I work in the aviation sector doing sheetmetal and airframe. As it still is today, it would have been more likely that instead of a welder, that person would have been shooting rivets.

Before I started my trade, I thought more things on aircraft would be welded but surprisingly most aircraft use rivets and other specialized fasteners (often you'll want to be able to disassemble something or repair it, which is harder to do when you weld).

[phungle]

Thanks to fdr we don’t know what happens without him god bless his soul

[laurengoree]

This is amazing! I wish I had this when reviewing in APUSH!

[healtheworldforabetterplac]

No system is perfect. We are biased. We are flawed.

That’s why everyone must be willing to change and improve. Being extreme conservative is sick.

[Benni]

I was literally learning about the New Deal last week in my Political Science and American Government class!

[MOJO-IV]

The harmonic in the background is just great 😊