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America Gets a New Deal, 19321940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Election of 1932.

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1 America Gets a New Deal, 19321940

2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Election of 1932

3 The Coming of the New Deal Francis Perkins, Sec. of Labor Harold Ickes, Sec. of the Interior

4 The Banking Crisis

5 The NRA

6 Unemployment Relief and Public Works Civilian Conservation Corps PWA Construction Site Tennessee Valley Authority

7 The New Deal and Agriculture

8 The New Deal and Housing

9 Supreme Court and the First New Deal

10 The Grassroots Revolt

11 Labor’s Resurgence

12 Voices of Protest Huey Long Father Charles Coughlin

13 The Second New Deal

14 The WPA

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16 Social Security and the American Welfare State

17 The Election of 1936

18 The Court Fight

19 The Limits of Change

20 The New Deal and Women Eleanor Roosevelt

21 The New Deal and Minorities Mary McLeod Bethune

22 The New Deal in American History

23 A New Conception of America

24 Important New Deal legislation YearLegislationPurpose 1933National industrial Recovery ActAllows businesses to set price, wage, and production codes 1933Agricultural Adjustment ActPaid farmers to plant less in order to raise crop prices 1933Civilian Conservations CorpsEmployed young men in reforestation and construction 1933Public Works AdministrationConstruction projects provide work relief to poor 1933Glass-Steagall Act of 1933Insures Bank Deposits (FDIC) and separates commercial and investment banking 1933Securities and Exchange CommissionRegulated and reformed the way stocks were purchased 1933Tennessee Valley AuthorityBrings electricity to rural areas, stops devastating floods 1935Social Security ActGuaranteed eligible workers a pension, unemployment insurance, and aid to disabled and widows with dependent children 1935Wagner ActOffers government protection to unions 1935Works Progress AdministrationExtensive public works program that employed 8 million people from artists to construction workers 1938Fair Labor Standards ActEstablished federal minimum wage and maximum hours per week

25 Keynesian Economic Theory An economic theory stating that active government intervention in the marketplace and monetary policy is the best method of ensuring economic growth and stability.

26 Soaring Unemployment

27 Competing Arguments The New Deal did not end the Depression, but lessened its impact and put us on the road to recovery The New Deal prolonged the Depression and Roosevelt should have used conservative economic policies

28 What does this data reveal about unemployment from 1931-1940?

29 This Graph is counting people with New Deal jobs as employed. What does this say about the New Deal?


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