Question

Who partnered with President Roosevelt in pushing the new deal programs?

Answer 1

Answer:

Present Roosevelt teamed up with a group of advisors who were called the "Brains Trust," among them Raymond Moley, Rexford Guy Tugwell, and Adolph A. Berle, Jr. They were a group of academic advisors who helped FDR to develop many of the social programs that were part of the New Deal.  

Explanation:

Moley, Tugwell, and Berle were academics who helped FDR (President from 1933-1945) to develop New Deal programs that regulated the banks and the sale of stocks. They also implemented large public works projects like the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.  

Moley was a professor of government and law and he argued that a flat tax was necessary on a specific amount of salary in order to rebuild the economy after the stock market crash that caused the Great Depression in 1929 (Leuchtenburg, 1995). Tugwell was recruited by Moley and he designed the administration's agricultural policy that tried to fix the imbalance between wages and prices. However, Berle was more hesitant about the planned economy idea and was more about a larger federal role in balancing the economy.