Vocabulary – FDR Gives Controversial Speech in Barnesville
Campaigned
Verb
To serve or go on a campaign—the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
New Deal
Noun
The policies of social and economic reform introduced in the United States in the 1930s under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Primary
Noun
an election in which members of a party choose candidates for a governmental position
Critic
Noun
somebody who judges or appraises somebody or something
Miscalculated
Verb
to judge or evaluate somebody or something incorrectly, or form false expectations as to the consequences of an action
Resented
Verb
to feel or show displeasure or to be annoyedFDR Gives Controversial Speech in Barnesville