"Most of Roosevelt's solutions did little. The public hoopla of 'job programs' barely dented unemployment numbers, which still stood at 12.5% in 1939, or ten times what they had been under Coolidge... Did FDR do anything right? Yes. By taking the United States off the gold standard, he saved what was left of the banking system. But as they say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while." - Larry Schweikart, historian, 48 Liberal Lies About American History, 2008
Using the excerpts above, answer a,b, and c.
A) Briefly explain one specific development that occurred as an effect of Roosevelt's presidency that would support Zinn's point of view.
B) Briefly explain one specific development that occurred as an effect of Roosevelt's presidency that would support Scheikart's point of view.
C) Briefly explain one criticism of the New Deal by a contemporary of F.D.R. and discuss how that criticism relates more to Zinn or Schiekart's views.