1. Unit 6 Section 2 The New Deal
US History
Unit 6 Section 2
The New Deal

2. Timeline

3. New Deal

4. The name of FDR’s campaign promise to restore the U.S. economy
Made up of individual policies and laws that spent tax money to assist people getting back to work
Relief, Reform, Recovery
New Deal

5. Bank holiday

6. Bank holiday Executive order to close all banks for a few days
Designed to give the banks a chance to recover from the mass withdrawals people were making
Banks were not allowed to reopen until they were found to be financially sound
Bank holiday

7. Fireside Chats

8. Radio addresses made by Franklin D Roosevelt to reassure the American people that everything would be fine
Fireside Chats

9. Leaving the Gold Standard

10. Leaving the Gold Standard
The gold standard is when the value of currency (money) is tied to the value of gold
Ex. – 20 dollars = 1 ounce of gold
Most countries of the world departed the gold standard in 1931
The U.S. departed the gold standard in 1933
The U.S. would still allow the public to exchange money for gold until 1971
Leaving the Gold Standard

11. New Monetary Policy

12. New Monetary Policy
Monetary policy refers to the government’s ability to control how much money is in the economy - or the nation’s money supply.
The U.S. now uses paper money (fiat money), in order to expand the money supply and stimulate the economy.

13. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

14. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
An organization that insured each individual bank deposit up to $5,000
Increased trust in banks so people would not take their money out
This allowed banks to distribute money to increase the economy
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

15. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

16. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Regulates companies that sell stocks and bonds
This protected investors and guarded against stock fraud
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

17. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

18. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

19. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Built dams in the Tennessee valley to control flooding
Used hydroelectric power to establish power to the region for the first time
Became self-sufficient through the prices collected for the electricity produced
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

20. Social Security Act

21. 1935
Unemployment insurance for workers losing jobs
Pensions to retired workers over 65 years of age
Payments to the disabled, the elderly, widows and children.
Social Security Act

22. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

23. Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Paid farmers to reduce their output of corn, cotton, dairy products, hogs, tobacco, wheat, and other commodities
This was needed to raise the price of crops and meat
Increased the profits farmers made allowing them to buy more items
Much of it was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in United States v. Butler
Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)

24. National Recovery Administration

25. National Recovery Administration
1933 – suspended anti- trust laws, but also protected workers
Cooperation between government and business
declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court
National Recovery Administration

26. Court Packing Plan

27. FDR moved to reform the Supreme Court by appointing a new member for each current member that was over 70 years old
Was meant to shake up the Court because they were finding New Deal legislation unconstitutional
Impact – reinforced checks and balances
Court Packing Plan

28. Social Security Act and National Labor Relations Act

29. Social Security Act and National Labor Relations Act
Both of these acts were found to be constitutional
Votes occurred after the Court Packing incident
Social Security Act and National Labor Relations Act

30. Dust bowl

31. Dust bowl

32. Dust Bowl

33. A 50 million acre area in the Great Plains where the top soil was blown away by high winds in drought conditions
Sand filled the skies, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.
It covered fields, houses, cars, and made its way into everything
Changes in farming and planting trees helped the situation
Dust bowl

34. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

35. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

36. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

37. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

38. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

39. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
New Deal program that paid artists, actors, musicians, and writers to produce work for the common people
Also included public works projects like libraries and roads
The works of art were placed in public places
Plays were performed at free or reduced costs
Works Progress Administration (WPA)

40. Photographs
Arts Program of W.P.A.
Commissioned by the Works Progress Administration and Farm Security Administration to document the down side of the Great Depression

43. Dorothea Lange

49. Art
Arts Program of W.P.A.
Art was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration and Federal Arts Project used to decorate public buildings

53. Theatre
The Works Progress Administration and Federal Theatre Project put on plays for little to no cost during the depression.
Arts Program of W.P.A.

54. Over Roosevelt’s Rainbow..
Somewhere it is not Kansas during the Dust Bowl
Technicolor Future
I’ll never go hungry again.

58. Dorothea Lange

59. Dorothea Lange Had polio as a child
Hired by the U.S. government to photograph effects of Depression (WPA)
Compassion for poor and destitute
Photos captured the suffering of many Americans.
Dorothea Lange

60. Dorothea Lange

61. Dorothea Lange

62. John Steinbeck

63. John Steinbeck One of the great American authors
Wrote about the plight of farmers in Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men
Vivid imagery from his works help you understand what the era was like
I’ll be there…
John Steinbeck

64. Grant Wood

65. Grant Wood

66. Artist that painted one of the best known works in American history
“American Gothic”
Shows much symbolism for the time period
Grant Wood

67. Questions?

68. Chapter 16 Quiz 1. Explain what the Gold Standard was?
2. Describe the impact that the Dust Bowl had on Ordinary Americans.
3. Identify what Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs were.
4. Explain the impact of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
5. Describe the new Monetary policy.
6. Why were Fireside Chats important to Americans?
7. Explain what packing the court was.