1. Section 1 FDR offers Relief and Recovery
Chapter 13 The New Deal
Section 1
FDR offers Relief and Recovery

2. Section focus
How did the New Deal attempt to address the problems of the depression?

3. Why it Matters
Faced with economic crisis, countries around the world are turning to dictators for answers
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Japan- Emperor Hirohito
Germany- Adolph Hitler
America must prove democratic gov’t can overcome challenges

4. Roosevelt takes Charge
1932 Hoover no chance to win
25% unemployment
Bank closures
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D-NY)
Wins election
Relatively unknown NY governor
Polio survivor
Never recovered full use of legs
Wife Eleanor

5. “New Deal” FDR promises Americans a “New Deal”
“Election about philosophies not men”
Defeats Hoover by 7 million votes
Convinced gov’t needed a more active role
Experiment to see what worked
Puts together winning team
“Brain Trust”
Top professionals and academics try to solve problems
1st woman cabinet member (Sec of Labor)
Frances Perkins

6. First 100 days FDR passes 15 bills through Congress
“1st New Deal” – 3 goals
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Prevent future depression
“fireside chats”
FDR radio addresses explain to people what he’s doing

7. Banks Bank failures are most immediate concern of people
People lose life savings
Congress gives FDR authority to close banks for 4 days
Fireside chat restores peoples faith in banks
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Insures bank deposits up to 5k
SEC (Securities and Exchange commission)
Regulates stock market
Market stabilizes

8. Helping Farmers Agricultural Adjustment Act
Pays farmers not to plant some crops
Ends over-production surplus
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Tenn river valley is poorest area of nation
No elctricity, running water, sewage etc
Build dams for hydroelectric
Creates jobs
Critics claim socialism
Still around today

10. CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
Provides jobs for over 2 million young men
Replanted forest, dug irrigation ditches, fire fighters
Allowed blacks and Mexicans

11. NRA National Recovery Act
“Most important and far-reaching legislation ever enacted by congress” -FDR
NRA develops codes of fair competition in industries
Minimum wages
Minimum prices prices for goods
Idea = increase wages for and profits for business

12. PWA Public works Administration Many still in use today
Built bridges, dams, power plants, and gov’t buildings
Many still in use today

13. Opposition to New Deal Not everyone a fan of New Deal
“makes government too powerful”
Conservative don’t like
People who want limited government
American liberty League
Populist don’t like
Huey Long
Socialist don’t like
“Doesn’t go far enough”
More government intervention

14. Section focus
How did the New Deal attempt to address the problems of the depression?
It created several government programs that gave immediate relief to Americans, often through public works that provided jobs

15. Video quiz
1. in the 1930’s American unemployment was 25%. What was the % in Louisville?
2. What two consumer products helped keep Louisville’s economy going in the 1930’s?
3. Describe the people who spend their days at train stations or coffee shops during the depression?
4. What happened to further hurt Louisville’s economy in 1937?