1. New Deal Politics
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

2. Reviewing the Great Depression
Causes
Living above your means,
uneven distribution of wealth,
unrestricted use of credit,
trouble in farming and industry,
the stock market.
Herbert Hoover
“Prosperity is just around the corner,”
Trickle Down Theory,
Bonus Army
The Dust Bowl & Migrant Workers
The Effects of the Great Depression
Unemployment,
homelessness,
poverty,
Women?
Children?
Men?
Housing?
Banking?

3. Electoral Votes in the Election of 1932
Who wins? Why does this candidate win an overwhelming majority?

4. FDR’s Eyes and Ears
A major influence on FDR’s administration was his wife, Eleanor. She was a humanitarian and a strong believer in progressive ideology. Through her travels and newspaper column she would spread her ideas and become Roosevelt’s “eyes and ears” around the world.

5. FDR’s program was based on three goals (the three R’s):
New Deal Philosophy
FDR’s program was based on three goals (the three R’s):
RELIEF for those people who were suffering.
RECOVERY for the economy, so it could grow again.
REFORM measure to avoid future depression.

6. Rehabilitation Goals of the New Deal
Relief for those people that were suffering (quick fix)
Recovery for the economy so it can grow again (long term)
Reform measures to prevent future depression (Change the way things are)
Rehabilitation

7. RELIEF PROGRAMS
Read through the paragraph about FDR’s relief programs and answer the questions in your notes packet.

8. Program Initials Begun Purpose
Civilian Conservation Corps.
CCC
1933
Federal Emergency Relief Admin.
FERA
National Recovery Admin.
NRA
Public Works Admin.
PWA
Federal Deposit Insurance Co.
FDIC
Works Progress Admin.
WPA
1935
Social Security Act
SSA

9. Recovery Legislation
Congress passed a wide range of recovery legislation during the New Deal:
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933):
Help business recover
Set a “code of fair competition”
Home Owners Loan Corp. (1933):
Save homes from foreclosure
Lower, fixed-interest mortgages

10. Federal Housing Administration (1934):
Insure bank mortgages for years.
First Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933):
Raise farm income by cutting surplus of crops
Paid farmers for reducing acres they planted
Declared unconstitutional in 1936
Second Agricultural Adjustment Act (1938):
Paid farmers to store overproduced crops until prices rose

11. Reform Legislation What, do you feel, should be done with… Banking?
Stock Market?
Financial Security?

12. Was this an effective solution?
Banking
Glass-Stegall Act (1933)
Created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Guaranteed individual bank deposits up to $5,000
Gave more power to Federal Reserve Board to control credit
Was this an effective solution?

13. Was this an effective solution?
Stock Market
Securities Exchange Act (1935):
Created Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Regulate stock exchanges
Required financial information about stocks and bonds before they were sold.
Was this an effective solution?

14. Was this an effective solution?
Financial Security
Social Security Act (1935):
Combination of public assistance and insurance
Three main parts
Old-age insurance paid through tax dollars while the person was working
Unemployment insurance
Assistance to elderly, ill, and handicapped.
Was this an effective solution?

15. Labor Under the New Deal
Wagner Act (1935):
Guaranteed labor the right to form unions and to practice collective bargaining.
Fair Labor Standards Act (1938):
Set minimum wage and maximum work week
Banned child labor

16. Effects of the New Deal
In pairs, analyze the readings on Native Americans, African-Americans, Latinos, and Women during the New Deal and complete the webs in your notes packet.

18. Supreme Court Reaction
Throughout the New Deal programs, the Supreme Court interpreted and decided on the constitutionality of New Deal laws.
National Recovery Act – The court ruled it was against separation of powers to give Congress control of interstate commerce.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration – The court ruled that farming was a local matter and should be controlled on the local level.

19. FDR’s Court Packing Plan
FDR asked Congress to approve a law that would permit the President to increase the number of Federal Judges from 9 to 15 if the judges refused to retire at age 70.
Never became law because it was seen as a threat to the separation of powers.
Why would FDR want to add justices to the Supreme Court?

20. How does this cartoon illustrate the “Court Packing Plan”?

21. New Deal through Political Cartoons
In pairs, analyze and interpret the political cartoons in your notes packet.

26. As always, be as creative as possible!
New Deal ODT
Complete the On-Demand Task (ODT) as a quiz grade for marking period 4. These will be collected at the end of class today.
As always, be as creative as possible!