1. The New Deal

2. FDR’s New Deal The First 100 Days Sweeps elections; 23M to 16M
Senate Dems take 2/3 majority
House—3/4 seats
“Brain Trust” forms New Deal
GOALS:
Relief for needy
Economic recovery
Financial reform
The First 100 Days
March through June, 1933
15 key pieces of New Deal Legislation
Inspire confidence in US economic system
Fireside Chats
Reform economy, especially banking and agriculture

3. The First 100 Days Banking Industry Agriculture
Establishes bank holiday—Emergency Banking Relief Act
Glass-Steagall Act and the FDIC
Federal Securities Act
Securities Exchange Commission
21st Amendment repeals Prohibition
Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Securities Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Work Projects and Civilian Relief
National Industrial Recovery Act—Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration
Federal Securities Act
Securities Exchange Commission
21st Amendment repeals Prohibition
Home Owners Loan Corp.; National Housing Act—Federal Housing Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration

4. The Second 100 Days Agriculture Work Projects Administration
1936 elections = vote of confidence
Gains support of Labor and African-Americans
Agriculture
AAA evolves—Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
1938: Second AAA
Farm Security Administration: tenant farmers
Work Projects Administration
: $11B on jobs for 8M
Federal Arts Project
Combines necessary infrastructure with dignity of work