1. The NEW DEAL
USHC 6.4

2. 1932 Presidential Election
1928
1932
1936
1940

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) (D-NY) Thirty-second POTUS 1933-1945
Governor of New York
Crippled by polio as an adult

4. FDR’s First Inaugural Address

5. The “New Deal”
The “3 R’s” R
ELIEF
ECOVERY
EFORM

6. Bank Holiday / Fireside Chats

7. FDR’s “Alphabet Soup”
SEC
FDIC
CCC
AAA
PWA

8. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

9. Agricultural Adjustment Act
THE PROBLEM:
Crop prices too low
THE SOLUTION:
Crop subsidies

11. National Recovery Administration
Authorized the government and business leaders to develop
codes of fair competition

12. Securities and Exchange Commission

13. “Make Work” Projects
CCC
PWA

14. Public Works Administration
Construction Projects

15. Civilian Conservation Corps
State and National Parks
Table Rock State Park

17. Tennessee Valley Authority
Rural Electrification
Public Utilities

18. The “Second New Deal” 1935-1936 Social Security Act
National Labor Relations
(Wagner) Act
Pro-labor Union Legislation
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Social Security Act
(SSA)
Old Age Pensions

19. Criticisms of the New Deal
From the Left:
Too COLD!
From the Right:
Too HOT!
Sen. Huey P. Long (LA)
“Share Our Wealth”

20. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. 1935

21. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. 1935
9-0
In favor of the Schechters
The NRA violated the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL

22. Commerce Clause
INTERSTATE
“Horse and Buggy” Constitution

23. Court-packing Scheme Independent Judiciary FDR:
Add a justice for every member (up to six) over 70 years of age

24. FAIL FDR’s first major legislative defeat More Cartoons:

25. 1936 Presidential Election
1928
1932
1936
1940

26. Included Southern Whites Civil Rights Legislation
FDR and Race Relations
New Deal Coalition
Included Southern Whites
Civil Rights Legislation

27. FDR and Race Relations
BUT New Deal programs (e.g., CCC) provided unemployed African Americans with work.

28. The EOC
Let’s guess what the EOC makers are going to want to assess.

29. Unemployment
New Deal

30. Unemployment
WWII

31. GDP
New Deal

32. GDP
WWII