The New Deal: Regulating Business and Finance

Section Overview This section on the New Deal will focus on three questions which we will debate on Wednesday, 11/13 – Should the government have regulated business and finance under the New Deal? – Should the government have provided assistance to the poor under the New Deal? – Should the government have backed labor under the New Deal?

The New Deal – A series of reforms designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression – Undertaken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office in 1933

Regulation Guiding question: How did the government regulate business and the economy under the New Deal? Read each section and summarize what it has to say about the guiding question 1.“Regulating Banking and Finance,” page “Promoting Fair Practices,” page “The Supreme Court Reacts,” page “Expanding and Regulating Utilities,” page “Banking and Finance,” page 724