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The Roosevelts

Education Clip: FDR and the Supreme Court

4m 06s

By 1935, the economic panic was over, but the nation was still in a depression. People become impatient with the slow progress and accuse Roosevelt had overextended the power of the federal government and was acting like a dictator.

Aired: 09/12/14

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