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New Deal

New Deal. Ms. Eraqi. RRR. RELIEF REFORM RECOVERY. THE FIRST 100 DAYS. CLOSES BANKS: ESTABLISH FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company) Ensured Savings accounts up to $100,000 Get Americans to trust banks again AMERICANS GET RELIEF CREATES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS

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New Deal

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  1. New Deal Ms. Eraqi

  2. RRR • RELIEF • REFORM • RECOVERY

  3. THE FIRST 100 DAYS • CLOSES BANKS: • ESTABLISH FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company) • Ensured Savings accounts up to $100,000 • Get Americans to trust banks again • AMERICANS GET RELIEF • CREATES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS • Get money to the needy & low income families FAST!

  4. ALPHABET SOUP • FERA: Federal Emergency Relief Agency • Sends federal money to local areas • CWA: Civil Works Administration • Provided jobs on public projects.

  5. MORE ALPHABET SOUPTHE FIRST 1OO DAYS • CCC: CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS • 2.5 MILLION SINGLE MALES PUT TO WORK IN NATION’S FORESTS, BEACHES, ETC.

  6. EVEN MORE ALPHABET SOUP • PWA: PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION • AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Administration • TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority WHAT DO THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

  7. CRITICISM OF THE NEW DEAL • SUCCESS? OR • FAILURE? • Supreme Court thought FDR was gaining too much power • monarchy • UP AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT • NRA • AAA

  8. A SECOND NEW DEAL • MORE AGGRESSIVE • MORE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS • STRICTER CONTROLS ON BUSINESS • STRONGER SUPPORT FOR UNIONS • HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH. • MORE ALPHABET SOUP: NEW AGENCIES TO ATTACK POVERTY AND CREATE JOBS AND HELP FARMERS.

  9. NEW LAWS PASSED • WAGNER ACT WHICH LEADS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD • SOCIAL SECURITY ACT • NIRA: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT: • Regulates wages • Working conditions • Production & prices

  10. IS EVERYBODY HAPPY NOW? • NO: • WHILE THE NEW DEAL HELPED SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MISERY, IT DID NOT END THE DEPRESSION • MANY PEOPLE CRITICISED ROOSEVELT AND HIS PROGRAMS

  11. IT’S UNFAIR: • WOMEN • MINORITIES • JOBS STILL FAVORED WHITE MALES • NO PROTECTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE • PROGRAMS TENDED TO REINFORCE RACISM ESPECIALLY IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.

  12. POLITICAL RIGHT • THE WEALTHY • PROGRAMS ARE SOCIALISTIC • FEAR OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN LIVES WITH THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

  13. POLITICAL LEFT: WANTED A REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH • NEW DEAL: NOT RADICAL ENOUGH • STILL: UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH • SOCIALISTS • HUEY LONG • FATHER COUGHLIN

  14. LASTING EFFECTS OF THE NEW DEAL: TODAY • PRESIDENCY • MORE ACTIVE ROLE • SOLVES PROBLEMS • MAKES PROGRAMS • LABOR UNIONS • NEW DEAL CHANGES RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UNION FOREVER.

  15. CULTURE: TODAY THANKS TO THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS • SUPPORTS THE ARTS THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS • GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE PRODUCED: GRAPES OF WRATH, GONE WITH THE WIND, ETC. • ENTERTAINMENT: RADIO & MOVIES

  16. BEFORE AND AFTER THE NEW DEAL • BEFORE: • WOMEN AND MINORITIES NOT ALLOWED IN UNIONS . • NO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ALLOWED BY GOVERNMENT • AFTER : • JOBS WELCOME WORKERS REGARDLESS OF SEX OR RACE. • STRIKES: • FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE

  17. WHAT’S LEFT TODAY OF FDR AND HIS NEW DEAL? • FDIC • SOCIAL SECURITY • GREAT PUBLIC WORKS MONUMENTS: • BRIDGES • DAMS • PUBLIC BUILDINGS • SEWAGE SYSTEMS • HOSPITALS • CCC PROJECTS • TVA PROJECTS

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