1. Warmup
Explain the Second New Deal.

2. Response to the Second New Deal
Chapter 22 section 2
Objective: The importance of labor and FDR’s power.

5. Labor
Why is it important to reestablish organized labor?

6. GM Sit-Down Strike United Auto Workers (Part of CIO)
Began to strike in GM
Simply sat down and stopped working
How does is a sit-down strike effective?
GM asked government for help
Michigan governor refuses
Police tried to shut off food supply
Small battle

7. Unions Did not win every confrontation
Union membership continues to grow
¼ by early 40s

8. Election of 1936 A lot done so far (1935) Rural electricity
Goal of FDR
Signed the Rural Electrification Act
10% to 90%
Practically ignored the Republican candidate
No competition from fellow Democrats

9. Trouble FDR came into second term confident
Leads to an issue
Issue: Courts keep striking down FDR’s programs
What is FDR’s response?

10. FDR and Courts Make courts “more efficient”
Pack the Supreme Court with friendly justices

11. Moving Forward
Laws that gave sharecroppers a chance to buy their own land
Laws requiring minimum wage
S.C. declares social security constitutional

12. Recovery in Doubt 1937 – another steep fall in stock prices
About 2 million lose their jobs
FDR decides to cut gov. spending
Deficit
Seeks money to help the poor
John Maynard Keynes – deficit spending creates jobs and stimulates the economy
Summer 1938 – economy begins to rebound

14. Write
You are going to write a fireside chat for FDR. Defend one or several of his programs. They can be from either the First or Second New Deal. Must be at least two paragraphs (that’s a minimum of 8 sentences).