1. The New Deal

2. In your Notebook… Solving the Problems of the Great Depression
You can work independently or in a small group. You will receive 4 briefings stating a overwhelming problem faced during the Great Depression. Your job is to solved that problem by choosing the appropriate response. After picking the appropriate solution, you will explain why you chose that specific response. You will have 10 minutes to complete each briefing.

3. Video: New Deal for the Dust Bowl
What did each of these factors have to do with the creation of the Dust Bowl? Climate, Rainfall ,and Farming Methods How did the Dust Bowl conditions affect the lives of people in the Great Plains? John Steinbeck “ Grapes of Wrath” What New Deal actions were taken by the federal government to help farmers overcome problems of the Dustbowl? When did prosperity return to the farmers of the Great Plains region?

4. President Herbert Hoover
The “Old Deal”
What?
President Hoover’s reaction to the Great Depression
President Herbert Hoover

5. Children in one of the Bonus Army Camps
The “Old Deal”
What did he want to do?
Let the business cycle take care of things
Refused to create government programs until it was too late
Children in one of the Bonus Army Camps

6. The Bonus Army 1932 Who? What? 25,000 WWI veterans
Marched to Washington D.C. to get a $ bonus they were supposed to get in 1945

7. The Bonus Army 1932 What did Hoover do?
Called out the troops and dispersed the army

8. The Election of 1932 What? Roosevelt offers a “New Deal” for America
Roosevelt wins with 60% of the vote

9. Thinking slide:
Was Hoover a bad president or was he in the wrong place at the wrong time?

10. Roosevelt’s New Deal What?
Programs meant to help the country by getting the government involved in the economy
Meant to do 3 things
1. Relief - help people out in the short term
2. Recovery - get the economy back on its feet
3. Reform - keep this from everyhappening again

11. Bank Holiday - First Step
Why?
Many banks had failed, wiping out families’ savings
People lost confidence in the banks
Depositors Congregate Outside Closed Bank

12. Bank Holiday - First Step
How?
Closed banks for four days to reorganize
President explains in a “fireside chat”
Confidence restored

13. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
Hundred Days
In the first 100 days of his administration Roosevelt passes tons of legislation
Alphabet Soup
The agencies he creates (like AAA)

14. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
18-25 year old guys get jobs and send money home to their families
CCC workers in Lassen National Forest, California

15. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Government pays farmers not to farm
Meant to cause prices to rise and halt overproduction

16. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
Government runs a hydroelectric power plant
Provides cheap power & fertilizer to the poor region
Construction at Norris Dam, which was being built by the TVA on the Clinch River in Northeastern Tennessee

17. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
FDIC - Federal Department Insurance Corp.
Insurance for the $ you put in banks
Protected people’s savings
Bank Employee Checks Depositor's Account

18. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
Watchdog agency for the stock market
New York Stock Exchange

19. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
FERA - Federal Emergency Relief Admin.
Gave direct relief ($) to those who needed it
Beginnings of a welfare program

20. Next Step - “Alphabet Soup”
Social Security
Taxed people working now to give payments to the elderly
Social Security Information Poster

21. Which program was most controversial and why?
Thinking Slide:
Which program was most controversial and why?

22. His Greatest Mistake
Packing the Supreme Court
What?
Increase the # of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15
Why?
Kept declaring his programs unconstitutional (including NRA, AAA, SEC, etc.)

23. What did this cartoonist think about the Supreme Court?
His Greatest Mistake
Packing the Supreme Court
What did this cartoonist think about the Supreme Court?
February, 1937, Richmond (Virginia) Times Dispatch, "Fall In!"

24. Supreme Court Exterior
His Greatest Mistake
Packing the Supreme Court
Results?
Public grew angry (FDR taking too much power)
FDR passed much less legislation after this
Supreme Court Exterior

25. The New Deal - Pros and Cons
Restored optimism and hope to Americans
Provided necessary relief to many
Cons
Did not really fix the depression
Left the nation with much debt
Left people too dependent on government (?)