1. The Great Depression and the New Deal

2. Bell Ringer

3. Objectives Identify FDR’s plan to escape the Great Depression.
Describe the programs that FDR passed and identify the programs that still exist today.
Evaluate the effectiveness of FDRs programs.

4. Alphabet Soup of Agencies Activity
You have 20 minutes to complete this activity in which you will need to provide a brief description or the many agencies FDR created to help break through the Great Depression.

5. The 1932 Election FDR presents irony in his campaign tactics
Hoover swept out as quickly as he swept into office, marks significant shift in voting
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
The 3 R’s
Major accomplishments take place in the first 100 days
New Deal for Americans presented through fireside chats
“Bank holidays”

6. New Deal or Raw Deal? Father Charles Coughlin Huey P. Long
Dr. Francis E. Townsend
Mary McLeod Bethune
The 21st Amendment
Paying Farmers not to Farm

7. New Deal or Raw Deal? The Dust Bowl and Steinbeck
Indian Reorganization Act
Social Security Act
The Wagner Act and John Lewis
“Court Packing”
The Roosevelt Recession

8. New Deal or Raw Deal? “Nothing has been changed”
Increased federal debt
Alleviates worst problems
Saves free enterprise
Reform without revolution