1. The New Deal US History Objectives: **List programs of the New Deal
**Discuss why New Dealers believed that sometimes the Government needs to regulate industry and the economy
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2. “We Have Nothing To Fear, But Fear Itself” (Inauguration Day, 1933)
Rally for a frightened nation

3. The New Deal Pro-active Gov’t
**money spent on public services to solve problems

4. The Fireside Chats
Radio address
**inform + improve morale of public

5. The First Hundred Days (March – June 1933)
Massive wave of legislation passed to improve the economy

6. Relief, Recovery, Reform
The measures taken to bring the economy out of the depression

7. The Bank Holiday (March 9, 1933)
Closed all banks for a week
**Gov’t loaned money to weak banks

8. Relief Measures Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Public works jobs
Put people to work focus on
youth
(make public roads, libraries,
the arts, parks)

9. Recovery Measures Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Paid farmers NOT to farm
Limited supply would raise prices

10. Reform Measures Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
USA banks
**offered insurance for bank accounts
$2,500
$250,000

11. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)
Monitors US stock market

12. The Social Security Act (1935)
Monthly payment to retired senior citizens
Provide money to the unemployed
Help disabled

13. Elected to Four Terms (1933-1945)
Longest serving President
Died March 29, 1945 of a stroke

14. Eleanor Roosevelt A New Style of First Lady
Pro-active wife
Took stands on social issues
(women’s and minority rights)

15. Conservative reaction to the New Deal
Complained about Huge deficits
Claimed it was Socialist
President is too powerful

16. Legacy Of NEW DEAL
People believe its our govt responsibility to deliver public services, intervene in the economy, and to promote general welfare people