Standards and Objectives SSHS-S1C8-01-d Strand 1: American History Concept 8: Great Depression and World War I P.O. 1: Describe causes and consequences of the Great Depression d. changes in expectations of government Students will comprehend the effects the New Deal had on social perceptions and the economy by identify the major acts created during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.

The New Deal Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Distant cousin of Teddy Roosevelt Loved the outdoors Married Teddy Roosevelt’s niece, Eleanor Had a good political career Got polio but worked hard to overcome its effects Eleanor transformed the role of First Lady

Franklin D Roosevelt becomes president Won the presidency in 1932 “First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself… This nation asks for action, and action is now!” -First inaugural address Begins the New Deal

The New Deal Based on the ideology, “The country needs bold, persistent experimentation… Above all, try something.” The Hundred Days: from March to June congress passed 15 major acts Gold Standard “Fireside Chats”

Alphabet Soup Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -FDIC Securities and Exchange Commision -SEC Agricultural Adjustment Administration -AAA Farm Credit Administration -FCA Civilian Conservation Corps -CCC Federal Relief Administration -FERA Public Works Administration -PWA Civil Works Administration -CWA National Industrial Recovery Act -NIRA

The CCC Young men 18-25 Work for the forestry service Planted nearly 3 billion trees, Built over 800 parks Dug canals and ditches Put 3 million young men to work including 80,000 Native Americans and 200,000 African Americans

FDR’s three Rs Relief -action taken by the government to help the economic crisis Recovery -restarting the economy often by pumping money into it Reform -permanent changes made to prevent future Depressions

The Second New Deal and opposition Works Progress Administration -WPA Largest public works program Between 1935-1941 employed 8.5 Mil. Federal Number one -financed the arts Social Security The right wing thought the New Deals gave the federal government too much power The left wing thought the New Deals didn’t do enough

Court Packing The Courts were ruling many of FDR’s acts unconstitutional After his landslide re-election in 1936, the president proposed a controversial "court-packing scheme." The plan proposed to reorganize the Supreme Court. Roosevelt sought to make his opponents on the Supreme Court resign so that he could replace them with justices more sympathetic to his policies. To accomplish this, he announced a plan to add one new member to the Supreme Court for every judge who had reached the age of 70 without retiring (six justices were over 70). To offer a carrot with the stick, Roosevelt also outlined a generous new pension program for retiring federal judges.

Long term effects Why is it hard to gauge how much the New Deals helped the economy? Changes in American perception of the Federal Government To Be Continued…