Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women’s activism. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt fulfill as the President’s wife? 2. How did she help advance the cause of social progress and women’s? Give specific examples. rights
Herbert Hoover
Why was Hoover unpopular?
Word Splash - Franklin Delano Roosevelt Polio Democrat Distant cousin to Teddy Roosevelt Distant cousin to Eleanor Roosevelt Harvard Graduate Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Why do you think the people liked FDR? “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Why do you think the people liked FDR? “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Why do you think the people liked FDR? “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.”
NOTES on FDR’s New Deal
Domestic Policy: The New Deal Brain Trust – people hired to find solutions to the depression. “Bank Holiday” – closed banks to stop bank runs
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3. New Deal = programs to provide immediate Relief ($), stimulate Recovery (jobs), and economic Reform (to prevent future problems) Fireside Chats – inspirational / uplifting speeches on the radio Eleanor went on tours to promote her husband’s programs She did the leg work for him :P
Purposes of the New Deal Relief: to provide jobs for the unemployed and to protect farmers from foreclosure Recovery: to get the economy back into high gear, “priming the pump” Reform: To regulate banks, to abolish child labor, and to conserve farm lands Overall objective: to save capitalism
New Deal Programs Program Initials Begun Purpose Civilian Conservation Corp CCC 1933 Jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges, parks, etc. Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Built dams to provide cheap electric power to 7 southern states Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA Paid farmers NOT to grow certain crops Public Works Administration PWA Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. FDIC Insured savings accounts in banks Works Progress Administration WPA 1935 Employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, etc. Social Security Act SSA Set up a system of pensions for the elderly and unemployed Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA 1938 Minimum wages and maximum hours
c. Supreme Court declares many programs unconstitutional d. can’t fire justices … FDR proposes adding more!!! (915) i. FDR accused of “Court-Packing”
4. Legacy: restores HOPE … but FAILS to stop the depression
Are there any similarities?
Quick Review: How did the war start in Europe? 1933 Hitler was elected; economy weak in Germany, he promises to restore their greatness Europe adopted “appeasement” & gave Germany land because no one wanted another war 1939 Germany invades Poland The Allies declare war against Germany
Isolation → Pearl Harbor → US in WWII
Foreign Policy: Isolationism war Germany invades Poland! Neutrality Acts: withhold weapons and loans from ANY belligerent (fighting) nations Lend-Lease Act: US can aid any nation whose defense is vital to US security sell weapons to Allies Angers Germany
3. Japan invades Manchuria! Dominates Asia 2. Japan, Italy, and Germany had become the Axis Powers, signed the Tripartite Pact 3. Japan invades Manchuria! Dominates Asia Violates Open Door Policy - (vowed not to colonize) US est. oil embargo (refuse to trade) Japan attacks Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 – “A date which will live in infamy” 2,400 Americans killed, 1,200 wounded, 300 planes damaged… in less than 1 hour
US DECLARES WAR!
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