1. The “New Deal” Chapter 23 Sections 1-3

2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Wins election of 1932 by a landslide. FDR 472 electoral votes to Hoovers 59. Wins election of 1932 by a landslide. FDR 472 electoral votes to Hoovers 59. FDR promises America a “New Deal” FDR promises America a “New Deal” Quotes pg. 640 Quotes pg. 640

3. FDR Hundred Days – pushes through program after program to create jobs, provide relief. Hundred Days – pushes through program after program to create jobs, provide relief. Closes the banks – inspects banks, insures savings of up to $5,000. Closes the banks – inspects banks, insures savings of up to $5,000. Creates Public Works Programs – government funded projects to build public facilities. Creates Public Works Programs – government funded projects to build public facilities.

4. Programs CWA CWA Civil Works Administration Civil Works Administration Gave jobs to unemployed, they built or improved roads, parks, airports, and other facilities Gave jobs to unemployed, they built or improved roads, parks, airports, and other facilities CCC CCC Civilian Conservation Corps Civilian Conservation Corps 2.5 million men work on forests, beaches, and parks. They earn $1 a day but are boarded in camps and fed. 2.5 million men work on forests, beaches, and parks. They earn $1 a day but are boarded in camps and fed.

5. Programs NIRA NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act National Industrial Recovery Act Wants to increase prices and help businesses. Regulates wages, working conditions, production and prices, sets minimum wage. Wants to increase prices and help businesses. Regulates wages, working conditions, production and prices, sets minimum wage. PWA PWA Public Works Administration Public Works Administration Provides jobs to build projects such as Grand Coulee Dam, road connecting Key West to Florida, and Triborough Bridge in New York. Provides jobs to build projects such as Grand Coulee Dam, road connecting Key West to Florida, and Triborough Bridge in New York.

6. More Programs SEC SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Securities and Exchange Commission Regulates the stock market, regulates buying stock on margin. Regulates the stock market, regulates buying stock on margin. HOLC HOLC Home Owner’s Loan Corporation Home Owner’s Loan Corporation Refinances home mortgages for middle class, so people can keep their homes. Refinances home mortgages for middle class, so people can keep their homes.

7. Still More Programs AAA AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration Agricultural Adjustment Administration Tries to raise farm prices, pays farmers not to produce. Some farmers plow under fields and destroy livestock. Tries to raise farm prices, pays farmers not to produce. Some farmers plow under fields and destroy livestock. TVA TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley one of the country’s least modernized regions. Provides jobs building a dam and provides cheap hydroelectric power to region. Tennessee Valley one of the country’s least modernized regions. Provides jobs building a dam and provides cheap hydroelectric power to region.

8. End of the Honeymoon What happens to FDR’s “New Deal” legislation? What happens to FDR’s “New Deal” legislation? What is FDR’s response? Give specific examples. What is FDR’s response? Give specific examples.

9. Homework FDR in his first hundred days passed many programs to provide relief, create jobs, or stimulate the economy. Your job is to create a public works agency for this school, or community. You need to identify the goal of the program, the people who would qualify to work in the program, the people who would benefit from the program, and the way it would impact your school or community. FDR in his first hundred days passed many programs to provide relief, create jobs, or stimulate the economy. Your job is to create a public works agency for this school, or community. You need to identify the goal of the program, the people who would qualify to work in the program, the people who would benefit from the program, and the way it would impact your school or community.

10. Writing Assignment What kind of advice do you think a survivor of the Great Depression might give younger adults today?

11. Writing Assignment The text quotes Harry Hopkins as saying: “Give a man a dole [handout] and you save his body and destroy his spirit. Give him a job and pay him an assured wage and you save both the body and the spirit.” The text quotes Harry Hopkins as saying: “Give a man a dole [handout] and you save his body and destroy his spirit. Give him a job and pay him an assured wage and you save both the body and the spirit.” 1. Explain the relevance of this way of thinking to the New Deal. 2. Do you think this saying is true? Why or why not? 3. Do you think this is what we do in our country today? Do we give out a “dole” or do we give someone a “job and pay him an assured wage” when they lose their job or need help? Support your answer.

12. Group Assignment Get into your group and go over your answers to the writing assignment. Get into your group and go over your answers to the writing assignment. Decide as a group what you believe for question number 3. Decide as a group what you believe for question number 3. As a group decide what would you do to change, fix, or improve America in this area of providing relief for people in need or without a job. As a group decide what would you do to change, fix, or improve America in this area of providing relief for people in need or without a job.