In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues FDR's New Deal saved liberal capitalist democracy in America in an era when fascism and communism rose across the globe. Rather than a socialist who wanted to destroy freedom, FDR embraced a battery of common sense reforms to stabilize the banking system and put Americans to work building infrastructure across the country. Though FDR's efforts were often overturned by the conservative Supreme Court, his efforts vastly improved the country, though many on the left urged him to do more. This set the stage for Roosevelt to fundamentally change the relationship between the federal government and citizens.

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