1. FDR- Franklin Roosevelt
The New Deal
FDR- Franklin Roosevelt

2. FDR- President in 1932 The New Deal “Brain Trust”
Made up of lawyers, professionals, and journalists- worked on programs to alleviate depression
The New Deal
Focuses on three main things
Relief
Economic recovery
Financial reform

3. The 100 Days
Over a hundred day period Congress passed more that 15 major New Deal legislations The Legislation expanded the federal governments role in the nations economy

4. Emergency Banking Relief Act EBRA
Federal Program
Business Assistance and Reform
What was the immediate purpose?
What was the long term goal?
Emergency Banking Relief Act EBRA
Authorized the treasury Dep. To inspect and close banks
To restore public confidence in the banks
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933
Establish the FDIC
Restore public confidence in the banks
Federal Securities Act
Require corporations to provide complete info. On stock offerings
Restore public confidence in the stock market
National Industrial Recovery
Set prices, establish labor standards
To ensure fair business practices and to promote industrial growth

5. Agricultural Adjustment Act
Farm Relief/Rural Development
What was the immediate purpose?
What was its long term goal?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
AAA
Paid farmers to lower production
To raise crop prices and farmers income
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Built and repaired dams and other projects in Tenn. Valley
To create prosperity in impoverished Tenn.

6. Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Employment Projects
What was its immediate purpose
What was its long term goal
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Put young men to work on railroad building and conservation projects
To reduce employment
Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA
Provide direct relief for the needy
Provide basic needs hit hard by the Depression
Public Works Administration
PWA
Provide money to states to create jobs
To reduce unemployment
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Provide 4 million jobs immediately

7. Home Owners Loan Corporation
Housing
What was the Immediate purpose?
What was its long term goal?
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
Provided government loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure
To help families keep their homes

8. FDR- Fireside Chats
FDR- had radio chats to let the American people know about issues of public concern to explain to them in clear simple language, what his new deal plans were.
Do you think this helped FDR and the American people?

9. Result of the 100 days…
Deficit spending- government spending more money than the revenues it receives
Did the New Deal end the depression?
Why didn’t the people blame FDR for ending the depression when they blamed Hoover?

10. Impact of the New Deal
1937- Congress urged cutting back New Deal Programs the result…
Increase in unemployment
Decrease in industrial production
The New Deal and the Depression
helped reduce suffering
jobs, food, money
Regain dignity

11. The New Deal Affects many Groups of the 1930’s
Women
Gains- women were appointed to important federal positions, slight increase in the # of women working outside the home
Problems- discrimination in the workplace, low wages, discriminatory hiring practices

12. New Deal Affects… African Americans
Gains- increased political voice through greater access to the president, organizations created for tenant farmers
Problems- Segregation, violence, racism, discrimination in all areas of life, poll tax
Political Realignment- African Americans left the Republican Party for the Democratic Party.

13. New Deal Affects… Labor Unions
Gains- better working conditions, increased bargaining power, increase in union membership
Problems- strikes, big business opposition to labor unions

14. New Deal Under Attack The American Liberty League Charles Couglin
Opposed the New Deal believed that it violated respect for the rights of individuals and property
Charles Couglin
Dr. Francis Townsend
Huey Long

15. Second New Deal The second Hundred Days
The first two years of FDR’s presidency the economy had improved…BUT not enough!
Unemployment remained high
Production lagged
More extensive relief was needed for farmers and workers

16. Protecting Workers Rights
Wagner Act and Fair Labor Standards Act
Set standards for wages, hours, banned child labor, ensured the right of workers to organize and bargain with Employers
TODAYS IMPACT- National Labor Relations Board
Act as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers

17. Banking and Finance Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Monitors the stock market and enforces laws of stocks and bonds
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations (FDIC)
Savings and protection loss up to $100,000

18. Social and Environmental Effects
Social Security
Provides insurance program, unemployment compensation, aid to disabled, and families with dependent children
* Framers of this Act saw it primarily as a relief bill
Farming
Agricultural price supports