1. A New Deal Fights the Depression
Chapter 15
A New Deal Fights the Depression

2. Americans Get a New Deal
Electing Franklin Delano Roosevelt
--Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Waiting For Roosevelt to Take Over
--New Deal

3. Americans Get a New Deal (Cont’d)
The Hundred Days
An Important Fireside Chat
Regulating Banking and Finance
--Glass-Steagall Act
--Federal Securities Act

4. Helping the American People
Rural Assistance
--The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Providing Work Projects
--Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
--National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Promoting Fair Practices
Food, Clothing, and Shelter

5. The New Deal Comes Under Attack
--Deficit Spending
The Supreme Court Reacts
Three Firey Critics
--Huey Long

6. The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Chapter 15 Section 2
The Second New Deal Takes Hold

7. The Second Hundred Days
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Reelecting FDR

8. Helping Farmers Focusing on Farms
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Second AAA
Resettlement Administration
Farm Security Administration

9. Roosevelt Extends Relief
-Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Airports, Roads, Buildings
$11 Billion
-National Youth Administration
Student aid - work

10. Improving Labor and Other Reforms
Improving Labor Conditions
-Wagner Act
- NLRB
-Fair Labor Standards Act
The Social Security Act
-Social Security Act
Expanding and Regulating Utilities
REA

11. The New Deal Affects Many Groups
Chapter 15 Section 3
The New Deal Affects Many Groups

12. The New Deal Brings New Opportunities
Women Make Their Mark
-Frances Perkins
Discrimination
Workplace
NRA wage codes
Married women in the workplace

13. African American Activism
A. Philip Randolph
African Americans Take Leadership Roles
Mary McLeod Bethune
NYA
“Black Cabinet”
Marian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt

14. The President Fails to Support Civil Rights
The President Fails to Support Civil Rights -anti-lynching laws and the -poll tax -Discrimination in New Deal Agencies -Southern Tenant Farmers Union Mexican American Fortunes -Discrimination

15. Native Americans Gain Support
-John Collier: Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Reorganization Act
Economic –
Cultural –
Political -

16. FDR Creates the New Deal Coalition
Labor Unions Flourish
“Friend of Labor”
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) – formerly the Committee for Industrial Organization
Labor Disputes
Sit down strike
Republic Steel-
FDR Wins in 1936

17. Chapter 15 Section 4
Culture in the 1930’s

18. The Lure of Motion Pictures and Radio
Movies Are a Hit!
-Gone with the Wind
Radio Entertains
-Orson Welles

19. The Arts in Depression America
Artists Decorate America
-Grant Wood
Woody Guthrie Sings of America
Diverse Writers Depict American Life
-Richard Wright
-The Grapes of Wrath

20. The Impact of the New Deal
Chapter 15 Section 5
The Impact of the New Deal

21. New Deal Reforms Endure
Supporters and Critics of the New Deal
Expanding Government’s Role in the Economy
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
-Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Protecting Workers’ Rights
-National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Banking and Finance

22. Social and Environmental Effects
Social Security
Old age insurance
Unemployment
Disabled families
The Rural Scene
- Commodity Credit Corporation
- Parity
The Environment
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Soil Conservation Service
Taylor Grazing Act (1934)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)