1. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt Distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
He married his 5th cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt
Suffered from polio in 1921 which paralyzed him from the waist down
Very few pictures showed him in a wheel chair
32nd President of the USA ( )
Beat Hoover in election by a landslide
People wanted help from the government and Roosevelt had a plan to help.

3. “Fireside Chats” a series of 31 radio broadcast messages from FDR
FDR explained
issues about the economy in simple language (like the bank crisis),
his plans to help the country
asked Americans “tell me your troubles”.
As a result, many wrote FDR letters about their troubles

4. The New Deal FDR’s plan was called the New Deal
New Deal used government programs to help the nation recover from the Depression.
His plan included 3Rs:
Relief – immediate help for those unemployed
Recovery – temporary programs to restart the economy
Reform - programs to prevent another depression

5. New Deal - Reforms 1. Reform Banks
Closed ALL banks (Bank Holiday) (March 5, 1933 1 day after taking office)
Emergency Banking Relief Act 
U.S. Treasury Department inspected banks
Banks that were sound could open & those that could not pay debts remain closed
Banks which needed help received loans from the government.
Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 
Promised the Federal Reserve (The nation’s bank that supports all the countries’ banks) would insure individual bank accounts up to $5,000 (today $250,000)
Outcome:
Americans trusted banks and felt their money was safe

6. New Deal - Reforms 2. Reform Stock Market
Required corporations to provide complete information about their stocks
Corporations were made responsible for any misrepresentations
Prevent anyone with inside information from “fixing” the stock market for their personal profit
Outcome:
Regulated the stock market
Americans gain some confidence back in the stock market

7. New Deal – Recovery/Relief
1. Gave money to states to create jobs for unemployed workers.
Public Works Administration (PWA)
built dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools
Goal: provide jobs
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Built airports, hospitals, and schools
Outcome:
Built 40,000 schools
Paid 50,000 rural teachers salaries
Built 500,000 miles of roads

8. New Deal – Recovery/Relief
2. Help Farmers
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Government paid farmers NOT to grow crops
Goal = raise crop prices by reducing supply
Outcome:
Prices rose and farmers made more money
Upset many who were hungry to purposely destroy food

9. New Deal – Recovery/Relief
3. Help the Environment
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Government paid men, gave lodging, food, & uniforms (age 18-25) to:
Build Roads
Develop new and existing parks
Plant trees
Help with soil-erosion and flood-control
Goal = create work projects that improved the environment and provide jobs
National Parks 
12 million acres of land for new national parks
Outcome:
Provided 3 million men jobs
Provided new infrastructure in America
Helped reforest the Great Plains to prevent another Dust Bowl

10. This program is still around TODAY!
New Deal – Recovery/Relief
4. Help the Elderly
Social Security Act  a portion of one’s paycheck is taken out each month and given to the government.
Government Uses the money 3 ways:
Savings account for when elderly retire (65 and older)
Jobless people can collect money while they are looking
Help families with disabled children along with disabled adults
This program is still around TODAY!

11. Effects of the New Deal
The New Deal DID NOT end the Great Depression, but it gave people hope that their situation would improve
WWII DID end the Great Depression with its massive military spending

12. Effects of the New Deal Expanded the Power of the Government
Government was expected to get involved when people needed help
Created a Welfare State
Government took on the responsibility of provided help for children, poor, elderly, disabled, sick, and unemployed
This was new. People had never been given help by the government before
Changed the Role of the President
President played a larger role in government
Led to the 22nd Amendment: limits the number of terms a president can serve (2 terms or 10 years)