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The Hundred Days

The Hundred Days. During FDR’s first hundred days in office, he made more changes of significance than ANY former president…. Day 1 - Once in office, FDR relied on educated & able advisors. Harold Ickes ( R ) was secretary of the interior

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The Hundred Days

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  1. The Hundred Days During FDR’s first hundred days in office, he made more changes of significance than ANY former president…

  2. Day 1 - Once in office, FDR relied on educated & able advisors • Harold Ickes (R) was secretary of the interior • Frances Perkins (social worker) was secretary of labor & 1st woman to hold cabinet position • His approach to his staff was “take a method & try it. If it fails, admit it & try another. But above all, try something”

  3. Day 2 - Saving the Banks • Many banks had closed • Fearful depositors had withdrawn their savings from other banks • People hid their $$ under mattresses or buried it in yards

  4. Day 2 - Saving the Banks • On his second day in office, he declared a bank holiday: every bank in the country was closed for 4 days. • He then asked Congress to pass the Emergency Banking Relief Act: only those banks with enough funds to meet depositors’ demands could reopen. Others had to stay closed.

  5. Day 2 - Saving the Banks • 1 week into office, he told the people on the radio, “It’s safer to keep your $$ in a reopened bank than under your mattress” • People trusted the president & deposited into banks again • The banking system slowly grew stronger

  6. FDR gave 30 radio speeches while in office known as his fireside chats • Fireside chats: FDR’s radio speeches from a chair near a fireplace in the White House • Across the country, families gathered to listen to Roosevelt • They felt the president understood his problems Here’s a sample of what his FSCs would have sounded like… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CBpbuV3ok

  7. Flood of New Laws • Between March 9 – June 16, Congress passed 15 major new laws • This period was known as the Hundred Days • Bills covered programs from job relief to planning for economic recovery • They were simple yet clear & effective

  8. Together, they made up FDR’s New Deal • The New Deal: series of plans that laid out 3 goals: • Relief for the jobless • Plans for economic recovery • Reforms to prevent another depression

  9. Please get your HW out (quotes w/ descriptions) so I can check them for credit Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. Quintilian Roman Rhetorician “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”Dr. Seuss You may disprove, but you may not disapprove. Mr. Wright

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