The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939
Bell Ringer
Objectives Identify FDR’s plan to escape the Great Depression. Describe the programs that FDR passed and identify the programs that still exist today. Evaluate the effectiveness of FDRs programs.
Alphabet Soup of Agencies Activity You have 20 minutes to complete this activity in which you will need to provide a brief description or the many agencies FDR created to help break through the Great Depression.
The 1932 Election FDR presents irony in his campaign tactics Hoover swept out as quickly as he swept into office, marks significant shift in voting “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” The 3 R’s Major accomplishments take place in the first 100 days New Deal for Americans presented through fireside chats “Bank holidays”
New Deal or Raw Deal? Father Charles Coughlin Huey P. Long Dr. Francis E. Townsend Mary McLeod Bethune The 21st Amendment Paying Farmers not to Farm
New Deal or Raw Deal? The Dust Bowl and Steinbeck Indian Reorganization Act Social Security Act The Wagner Act and John Lewis “Court Packing” The Roosevelt Recession
New Deal or Raw Deal? “Nothing has been changed” Increased federal debt Alleviates worst problems Saves free enterprise Reform without revolution