America Gets a New Deal,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Election of 1932
The Coming of the New Deal Francis Perkins, Sec. of Labor Harold Ickes, Sec. of the Interior
The Banking Crisis
The NRA
Unemployment Relief and Public Works Civilian Conservation Corps PWA Construction Site Tennessee Valley Authority
The New Deal and Agriculture
The New Deal and Housing
Supreme Court and the First New Deal
The Grassroots Revolt
Labor’s Resurgence
Voices of Protest Huey Long Father Charles Coughlin
The Second New Deal
The WPA
Social Security and the American Welfare State
The Election of 1936
The Court Fight
The Limits of Change
The New Deal and Women Eleanor Roosevelt
The New Deal and Minorities Mary McLeod Bethune
The New Deal in American History
A New Conception of America
Important New Deal legislation YearLegislationPurpose 1933National industrial Recovery ActAllows businesses to set price, wage, and production codes 1933Agricultural Adjustment ActPaid farmers to plant less in order to raise crop prices 1933Civilian Conservations CorpsEmployed young men in reforestation and construction 1933Public Works AdministrationConstruction projects provide work relief to poor 1933Glass-Steagall Act of 1933Insures Bank Deposits (FDIC) and separates commercial and investment banking 1933Securities and Exchange CommissionRegulated and reformed the way stocks were purchased 1933Tennessee Valley AuthorityBrings electricity to rural areas, stops devastating floods 1935Social Security ActGuaranteed eligible workers a pension, unemployment insurance, and aid to disabled and widows with dependent children 1935Wagner ActOffers government protection to unions 1935Works Progress AdministrationExtensive public works program that employed 8 million people from artists to construction workers 1938Fair Labor Standards ActEstablished federal minimum wage and maximum hours per week
Keynesian Economic Theory An economic theory stating that active government intervention in the marketplace and monetary policy is the best method of ensuring economic growth and stability.
Soaring Unemployment
Competing Arguments The New Deal did not end the Depression, but lessened its impact and put us on the road to recovery The New Deal prolonged the Depression and Roosevelt should have used conservative economic policies
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This Graph is counting people with New Deal jobs as employed. What does this say about the New Deal?