1. Chapter 22: The New Deal Section 1: FDR Offers Relief and Recovery

2. FDR Takes Charge
Gov of NY, Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected Prez in 1932
He grew up in a wealthy family, married a distant 5th cousin named Eleanor who was TR’s neice
FDR contracted polio in the early 1920’s and was paralyzed from waste down
FDR promised a “New Deal” for Americans and was forced to act quickly after he took office

3. FDR’s 1st 100 Days FDR moved swiftly to restore the nations confidence
He passed the Emergency Banking Bill, closing all banks until they were deemed strong enough to reopen
He also used the radio to deliver “Fireside Chats” to the American people, radio addresses used to reassure the American people
To give Americans confidence in banks FDR created the FDIC to insure bank deposits up to $2,500

4. FDR’s New Deal
Relief
FERA
CCC
CWA
Recovery
PWA
NRA
AAA

5. New Deal
FERA: Gives $500 million to states for direct relief, unemployed workers could go to unemployment offices for money
CCC: Employs young men in conservation projects, planting trees, building trails, digging ditches
CWA: Provides temporary employment for men and women, short lived program

6. New Deal
PWA: creates jobs for projects such as building roads, buildings, and other public works projects (PWA creates 34,000 public works projects)
NRA: encouraged business to create fair codes for competition by setting hours, prices and production levels (Blue Eagle)
AAA: The government gives money back to farmers in exchange for them slowing production (this is designed to increase prices of crops)

7. Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley region is suffering from floods, deforestation, disease, illiteracy and malnutrition
TVA is designed to build dams, power plants, and control diseases
Local utility companies are not happy because this directly took business from them (Supreme Court refused to step in)

8. New Deal Opposition
Republicans claimed the New Deal made the government too powerful
President Hoover and Congressman Taft(son of President Taft) were very outspoken critics
Some Democrats, like Alfred Smith, the 1924 Democratic nominee agreed and rebelled against the Democratic party

9. New Deal Opposition Some felt the New Deal did not do enough
Francis Townsend called on FDR to give all Americans over 60, $200 a month
Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest, broke with FDR claiming the New Deal was actually a “Raw Deal”
FDR’s most extreme critic was Huey Long, Gov of LA who called for Americans to “Share our Wealth”

10. Criticism from the Left
Dr. Francis Townsend
Old Age Pension Plan
$200 monthly for all
over 60
Must spend ALL in
30 days to keep $
circulating in economy
How to Fund?
2% tax on business
transactions

11. Criticism from the Left
Father Charles Coughlin
Nationalize:
Banks, utilities,
natural resources
Created National
Union for Social
Justice
Demands a living wage
Anti-Semitic on-air
remarks force Roman
Catholic Church to stop
broadcasts

12. Huey P. Long Senator La. “ The Kingfish” “Share Our Wealth”
“Every Man A King”
$5000 annual income guaranteed for every family
Families entitled to own a home, automobile, radio
How to pay for it? “Soak the Rich”:
A)limit fortunes of millionaires and take over remaining wealth
B) divide nation’s lands and mineral treasures

13. Huey Long
He wanted wealthier Americans to “Share the Wealth” proposing high taxes and redistribution of wealth to poor Americans
This would have taxed the rich large amounts in order to give money to the poor