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The Roosevelts

Education Clip: War Machine

4m 27s

Congress grants Roosevelt sweeping wartime powers to reorganize American industry. Roosevelt found himself working hand-in-glove with many “economic royalists” who hated him earlier. He put necessity above ideology, granted big contracts to big industry and overlooked trusts infringements and raised taxes on ordinary Americans.

Aired: 09/12/14

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