1. The New Deal

2. FDR Elected

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Elected president 1932 Began to reassure the people in radio broadcasts Roosevelt rallied a frightened nation in which one in four workers was unemployed. (“We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.”)

4. New Deal Legislation initiated by FDR to end the Depression This program changed the role of the government to a more active participant in solving problems.

5. New Deal

6. WPA Works Progress Administration— (WPA). Relief measures provided direct payment to people for immediate help Supported work of artists, writers and performers

7. AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration—AAA This act allowed the government to set limits on agricultural output and to make loans to farmers A recovery program designed to bring nation out of depression over time

8. Effects of the New Deal The New Deal did not end the Depression High unemployment continued until the start of World War II It did help people survive by creating jobs, loaning money, and helping the elderly

9. CCC Civilian Conservation Corps – CCC Created work for the unemployed Projects of reforestation and erosion control; surveying

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12. Long-Range Reforms

13. Tennessee Valley Authority Act (TVA) An independent public corporation Dams, power plants, transmission lines

14. FDIC The Banking Act of 1933 created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—FDIC Reform measure corrected unsound banking and investment practices Insured savings deposits

15. Criticism of the New Deal RDR administration was undermining the capitalistic system with bold experiments Government was destroying private enterprise

16. Second New Deal Comprehensive program to assist the underprivileged

17. Social Security Act, 1935 Old-age benefits, based on workers’ earnings before age of 65

18. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects carried out on public property at federal expense 1939

19. “Court Packing” After reelection, Roosevelt planned to appoint several additional judges to various federal courts Add 6 to the conservative Supreme Court Failed, however, by 1941, FDR had named 7 of the 9