FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ELECTED 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944

Hoover and FDR Hoover FDR Poor kid-orphan Self-made man Engineer, VP, then President (1929-1933) Republican Believed that Government should never give direct aid to people Elite- came from prestigious family. Prep school (blue blood) Distant relative to President Theodore Roosevelt Contracted polio in 1921 (never walked again unaided) Asst. Sec. of Navy, Gov. of NY, elected in 1932 Democrat Believed Government could do big things and was needed to help and protect Am. People, especially in hard times

1932 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

FDR Inaugurated on March 4, 1933 “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”

The First Three Months of the FDR Administration The Hundred Days The First Three Months of the FDR Administration 1933 The New Deal-15 major programs that provided for Government action to heal America from Great Depression and make sure it does not happen again

consisted of programs called the 3 R’s The New Deal consisted of programs called the 3 R’s RELIEF Programs to help the unemployed REFORM Programs to help make sure the U.S. will never experience another terrible depression RECOVERY Programs to help stimulate the economy (get business back on its feet)

RELIEF PROGRAMS Programs to help the unemployed

Created some jobs for the buying, cooking, and distributing the food Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA RELIEF RECOVERY $3.3 billion 1. The workers spend their new wages on consumer goods boosting the economy. Federal government provided $500 million to the states for relief purposes (soup and bread lines) 2. The government buys all of the materials needed for the construction of the public works projects Created some jobs for the buying, cooking, and distributing the food

Civilian Conservation Corp. CCC RELIEF RECOVERY $3.3 billion The workers send their new wages home where their families spend it on consumer goods boosting the economy. Created jobs on environmental projects (18-25 year old men, paid $30 a month) in state and national parks such as building facilities, trails, bridges, roads, planting trees, dams, lakes, etc. 2. The government buys all of the materials needed for the environmental projects

Public Works Administration PWA RELIEF RECOVERY $3.3 billion The workers spend their new wages on consumer goods boosting the economy. Created jobs on public works projects such as building schools, roads, bridges, dams, libraries, parks, hospitals 2. The government buys all of the materials needed for the construction of the public works projects

The Public Works Administration (PWA) Congress gave permission for the PWA to spend $3,300,000,000 for various public works projects. This included the construction of schools, hospitals, post offices, roads and dams. By June 1934 the agency had distributed its entire fund to 13,266 federal projects and 2,407 non-federal projects.

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY TVA RELIEF RECOVERY The workers spend their new wages on consumer goods Created jobs building a series of dams in the Tennessee R. valley for: flood control lakes for recreation cheap hydroelectric power 2. The government buys all of the materials needed for the environmental projects

Cheap Electrical Power Available For The Tennessee Valley

Over 25 Major Dams Were Built By The TVA

Dozens of Lakes Created for Recreation

Hydroelectric Turbine at TVA Dam

(get business back on its feet) RECOVERY PROGRAMS Programs too help stimulate the economy (get business back on its feet)

National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA HELPING WORKERS Workers have a right to form a union (unionize) RELIEF Helped to raise wages Employers must recognize & negotiate with the union in collective bargaining (union officials represent all the workers in a union) RECOVERY As wages go up so does the money spent on consumer goods Set a minimun wage of 30 cents an hr.

National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA HELPING INDUSTRY Relaxed Anti-Trust laws and allowed companies in an industry to work together to set industry codes that: fixed prices (no more competition) set production levels (no more overproduction) RECOVERY Prices go up ensuring companies a nice profit

Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. Kroger buys milk from dairy companies that follow the set industry codes Co. Co. Dairy Industry Gov’t relaxed Anti-Trust Laws and encouraged companies to get together and establish industry codes: *fix prices *fix wages *set production levels Co. MILK MILK MILK MILK MILK MILK Piggly Wiggly buys its milk from a dairy company that doesn’t obey the set industry codes Some companies didn’t follow the industry codes

The Federal government gave Blue Eagle posters to stores that bought from companies that followed the industry codes The store would display the Blue Eagle poster in its window to let people know it supported the NRA The federal government would promote the NRA and encourage people to shop only at stores who participated No Blue Eagle poster for Piggly Wiggly means they will have less business than kroger

IF YOU WANTED TO SUPPORT FDR AND HIS NRA, WHERE WOULD YOU SHOP? KROGER NRA

FARMERS HAD MORE MONEY TO SPEND AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION AAA HELPING FARMERS RELIEF FARM PRICES RISE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAID FARMERS A SUBSIDY TO 1. REDUCE THE PRODUCTION OF CROPS (PLANT LESS ACRES) 2. RAISE LESS LIVESTOCK RECOVERY FARMERS HAD MORE MONEY TO SPEND

FERA WPA TVA FDIC NEW DEAL NIRA PWA CCC AAA