FDR and the New Deal
Beginnings Election of 1932 FDR vs Hoover Major contrast Offered Americans a “new deal” FDR wins with ease and takes office March 4, 1933
First 100 Days Bank Holiday March 6, 1933 Emergency Banking Relief Act Glass-Steagall Banking Reform ActFDIC Fireside Chats Off the gold standard
Relief, Recovery, Reform Relief and Recovery priority for first 100 days Practical solutions to real world problems Varied success but something was being done optimism Progressive influence on policies Criticisms
New Deal Programs Alphabet Soup Unemployment Relief Act Civilian Conservation Corps Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) Civil Works Administration Agricultural Adjustment Act & Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Continued… Securities and Exchange Commission Tennessee Valley Authority Federal Housing Administration National Recovery Administration Public Works Administration Indian Reorganization Act
Second New Deal Works Progress Administration Wagner Act National Labor Relations Board Social Security Act of 1935
Problems and Criticisms Father Charles Coughlin Huey P. Long American Liberty League Socialism, wasteful, radical Court-packing Scheme How effective were FDR’s New Deal programs?