Cermak, the New Deal, 
and the Effects of the Depression on Chicago
  • Home
    • Sources and Statement
  • Background
  • Chicago: Nearly Broke
    • Mayor Cermak
    • Rising Action
    • The Effect
  • Assassination
    • Killer Profile: Giuseppe Zangara
    • Funeral
  • Post Assassination: The New Deal
    • Effects>
      • The New Role of the Federal Government
    • New Programs>
      • PWA- Public Works Administration
      • SSA- Social Security Association
      • FHA- Federal Housing Administation

The New Deal:

The legislative and administrative program of President F. D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
After Cermak's assassination, FDR carried on in support of the very cause that brought Cermak to Florida-- to apply for federal funding. FDR bolstered and subsidized local governments with the aid of the federal mandates that came with the New Deal, helping Chicago and America to bounce back from the economic catastrophe.
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." 
--Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it: If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."
--FDR
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Below:  A collection of audio clips of the first 270 seconds of President Roosevelt's Outline of the New Deal address to the nation, 1933 (succeeded first clip above)
  "Some, like Alderman Edward Burke, say [Cermak's story] does not receive enough attention. It's not a well known story."
-- Chicago Tribune, 2013
Page 1: The Great Depression
/background.html
Page 2: Chicago
/chicago-nearly-broke.html
Page 3: The Assassination
/assassination.html
Page 4: The New Deal and Beyond
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By Izzi Einhorn, Senior Division--
 "Cermak, the New Deal, and the Effects of the Depression on Chicago" 
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