1. First Five
Is it the government’s responsibility to take care of the poor?
What percentage of a person’s paycheck should the government get to keep?

2. FDR and the New Deal

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Governor of New York (‘28-’32)
Distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
Paralyzed from waist down
Contracted illness in 1921
Hid the extent of his paralysis

5. 1932 Election Roosevelt vs. Herbert Hoover Roosevelt wins 42 states
57% to 39%
Democrats sweep House and Senate

7. Hundred Days March 9-June 16, 1933
Congress passes more than a dozen New Deal plans
Massive expansion of federal gov’t
Gov’t plays bigger role in economy

8. Fireside Chats Radio speeches Explained New Deal
Meant to comfort nation

9. New Deal is attacked Massive deficit spending
Spending money the gov’t doesn’t have
Socializing the economy
Others say it’s not enough
Need to do more to help people

10. Packing the Supreme Court
Supreme Court overrules some New Deal legislation
Roosevelt tries to add six justices to the Supreme Court
People outraged
Planned to violate separation of powers
Plan fails
But he gets 7 justices over 4 years

13. Huey Long

14. Huey Long Fiery Southern Senator Turned against FDR
Wanted more gov’t control of economy
Assassinated at peak of popularity

15. Second New Deal

16. Second New Deal New Deal is popular FDR launches new initiatives
More relief for farmers and workers
FDR reelected in 1936

18. Farmers 2nd Agricultural Adjustment Act Loans for for sharecroppers
More farm subsidies
Loans for for sharecroppers
To buy their own land

19. More Relief WPA: Works Progress Admin NYA: Nat’l Youth Administration
11 billion $$ for jobs programs
NYA: Nat’l Youth Administration
Education, jobs, counseling for youth

20. Labor
Wagner Act:
Collective bargaining
Created NLRB

21. Social Security Act Social Security Act:
Insurance for retirees 65 years old
Unemployment compensation
Aid to families

22. Legacy of the New Deal

23. Legacy of the New Deal FDIC Insurance
Banking
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulate the Stock Market
NLRB: National Labor Relations Board
Resolves labor disputes

24. Legacy of the New Deal Social Security TVA: Tenn Valley Authority
Gov’t retirement for workers
TVA: Tenn Valley Authority
Power and flood prevention