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New Deal Agencies
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Hoover V. Roosevelt Finish the questions on the back of the worksheet from last time!
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Response: Hoover v. Roosevelt
Hoover opposed the idea of using the government to provide welfare. Thought private charities should be the ones doing it, but they didn’t have enough resources Public Works- Government financed building projects Helped get people jobs, but there weren’t nearly enough for all the unemployment
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People’s Response Farmers started to destroy crops to try and increase the prices Huge groups marched on Washington to try and get some changes Bonus Marchers- After WWI, Congress passed a $1,000 bonus for war veterans to get in A bill got introduced to pay out sooner. A huge group of veterans marched to make it happen. They failed. When the police came to clear them out, a police officer shot into the crowd, and the army got called.
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What did Roosevelt believe the role of the government was in combatting the Depression?
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The New Deal The New Deal- FDR’s plan for how to get the U.S. out of the Depression Very heavily used the government to create jobs and provide funding Three R’s (Focuses) of the New Deal Relief Recovery Reform
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Three R’s Relief- Focus on helping the people who were in trouble because of the economy Recovery- Focus on fixing the economy Reform- Focus on solving the problems that caused the Depression in the first place
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Research Instructions
In your group, lookup your agency and answer the questions on the note sheet (yes, that means full sentences!) Make sure that you understand what your agency did, so that you can explain it to others!
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Alphabet Agencies What’s the definition that should go on your note sheet?
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Political Cartoon Analysis
In partners, look at the political cartoon on the last page of your note sheet. What point is the author trying to make? Answer the questions on your notes.
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Review Questions Everybody stand up!
To answer the question, you will move to the appropriate corner
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What was not the cause of the Great Depression?
Bad Foreign Trade Decisions The Stock Market Crash What was not the cause of the Great Depression? People Purchasing Goods with Credit
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The New Deal The Cyclical Effect What were the programs created by the gov to fight the Depression called? Alphabet Agencies
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Goods made in other countries and brought to America
Imports Exports Goods made in other countries and brought to America Tariffs
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The Dust Bowl The Taco Bell A manmade “natural” disaster that devastated the Great Plains in the 30’s The Super Bowl
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Roosevelt Hoover Which President thought that the government should not be the ones providing welfare (Thanks) Obama
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