1. The First New Deal and The Second New Deal: The Welfare State SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ECON DAVID FRANCOM

2. Contents The First New Deal The three R’s Labor and the New Deal
The Supreme Court and the New Deal
The Second New Deal: The Welfare State
The Critics of the New Deal
The Legacy of the New Deal

3. The first New Deal ( )
Roosevelt was elected president based on “The New Deal” by the American people.
The civilian conservation Corps, the agricultural adjustment act, and the national Industrial Recovery Act were events that marked the New Deal.
Figure 1: Shows President Roosevelt in the Great Depression and the New Deal. (U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Korea)

4. The Three R’s
President Roosevelt came up with a plan within 100 days to help US citizens recuperate from the depression.
Relief: provided temporary help to citizens who were unemployed.

5. The Three R’s Recovery: wanted to help the economy to
rise up from the depression.
Examples:
The agricultural adjustment act. Government would pay farmers for
the land they farmed. Consequently, prices would increase for high demand.
National Industrial Recovery act. Its goal was to bring economy as a whole again.

6. The Three R’s Reform: prevention of future economic
problems was a priority.
Example:
Banking Act: wanted to separate
commercial and investment banking.
President Roosevelt created the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Figure 2: Shows President Roosevelt signing the Glass-Steagell Act. (Photo: Bettmann/Bettman/Getty Images) (Federal Reserve History).

7. Labor and the New Deal Transformation of relationship between Federal Government and American Worker.
Figure 3 is a table that shows union membership and how wages were increasing rapidly. (History of the American Economy,2013 P.453)

8. Labor and the New Deal
Despite all efforts to help the worker from the legislation. Unemployment rates were high for a long time. U.S. unemployment rates during Roosevelt’s presidency averaged high in 1933 at 24.9%. Unemployment didn’t start to get down until 1941when the war started to build up.
Figure 4 is a start that show the rates un
unemployment during the New Deal.
(American Thinker)

9. The Supreme Court and The New Deal
President Roosevelt wanted to put restrictions on the court. His goal was
to put 6 additional justices in the Supreme Court for each justice of age 70
with more than 10 years of experience.
The following cartoon is an assimilation of what
was happening in 1937 with the caption “Do We
Want A Ventriloquist Act In The Supreme Court?”
The cartoon was a criticism of the New Deal and
President Roosevelt with his new judges treating
Them like puppets. (History, 2018).
Figure 5 (History, 2018)

10. The Second New Deal: The Welfare State (1935-1938)
Second New Deal had three major goals: creating jobs, security for seniors and unemployment, and refining housing conditions.
Social Security Act (1935). Was used to prevent existence poverty between seniors, disabled people, and unemployed. Guaranteed pensions to Americans.
Figure 6 explains how social security act were helping the old age. (social welfare).
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11. The Second New Deal: The Welfare State
National Labor Relations Act (1935). Organizing trade unions and collective bargaining were rights given by the federal government.
Resettlement Administration (1935). Repositioning poor rural families; Reforestation and soil destruction projects
Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935). created jobs for unemployed people.

12. The Critics of the New Deal
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The Critics of the New Deal
Roosevelt was criticized for creating an alphabet soup of new programs and agencies turning the US into a Bureaucratic system
Funds were being used to maximize political support.
Jobs were undermining the character of US citizens.
Figure 7 explains how the alphabet soup was getting interpreted by others. (FDR’S Alphabet Soup)

13. Video slide
The New Deal in Three Minutes

14. References
FIGURE 1
U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Korea: The Great Depression and the New Deal. Retrieved from
FIGURE 2
Federal Reserve History: Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall). Retrieved from
FIGURE 3
Moore, S. (2014). The Heritage Foundation: The Enduring Myth of FDR and the New Deal. Retrieved from
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Richards, G. (2010). American Thinker: How did the New Deal work out? Retrieved from

15. References
FIGURE 5
Kennedy, Lesley. (2018) History: This is how FDR tried to pack the supreme court. Retrieved from
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VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Projects: Problems Addressed by Social Security:1936. Retrieved from
FIGURE 7
Weebly: FDR’S alphabet soup. Retrieved from
Lumen Boundless US History: Conclusion: The Legacy of the New Deal. Retrieved from
Walton, G. M., & Rockoff, H. (2013). History of the American Economy, 12th ed. Mason, OH, USA: South-Western
The New Deal in Three Minutes. Retrieved from
Colasanti, K., Ference, E.,The great depression: The New Deal & the 3 R’s. Retrieved from

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Jamie Cotton