1. CHAPTER 24- Monday, March 4 th The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939 Pages 716-733 The American Promise A History of the United States

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Making of a Politician 1. Background: wealthy, connections, 5 th cousin to Theodore Roosevelt, married distant cousin, Eleanor- keep strength in family 2. Polio in 1921, 39 yrs. old 3. Governor of New York, 1928-leadership, government involvement, do something! 4. Roosevelt’s appeal

5. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Election of 1932 1. Democratic Party divisions 2. A New Deal for the American people 3. The New Deal Coalition

8. Launching the New Deal 1. Taking action 2. Meeting the emergency: guiding ideas -fix economic crisis -underconsumption was problem -govt. needed to moderate imbalance of wealth 3. The First Lady 4. Fireside Chats

9. Launching the New Deal Relief and Conservation Programs 1. Unprecedented government intervention 2. The Civilian Conservation Corps 3. Providing electricity to rural America Agricultural Initiatives 1. Cutting production

10. Launching the New Deal Industrial Recovery 1. Production and unemployment 2. The National Recovery Administration

13. Relief for the Unemployed 1. Works Progress Administration 2. The WPA and the public welfare Empowering Labor 1. The Wagner Act 2. Growing union membership

15. Social Security and Tax Reform 1. The politics of Social Security 2. Eligibility for Social Security benefits 3. A graduated tax

16. Neglected Americans and the New Deal 1. Excluded workers 2. African Americans’ status 3. Formation of the “Black Cabinet” 4. Hispanic Americans face discrimination 5. Exclusion of Asian Americans 6. Indian Reorganization Act

17. The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock The Election of 1936 1. New Deal critics look for change 2. Roosevelt’s strategy 3. Democratic triumph

18. The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock Reaction: 1. Slowing the pace of New Deal reforms 2. Economic reversal 3. Political damage

19. The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock The Last of the New Deal Reforms 1. Administrative Reorganization Act 2. Resistance on the rise 3. Farm reform 4. Helping the urban poor 5. Setting fair labor standards 6. Resistance to confronting racial injustice 7. The end of the New Deal