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The New Deal

The New Deal. How did the federal government’s role in the life of average Americans radically change under Roosevelt’s New Deal?. 100 days- 1 st 100 days of FDR’s term TONS!!!! Of laws passed Fireside chat- FDR radio talks with American people Pump- priming

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The New Deal

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  1. The New Deal • How did the federal government’s role in the life of average Americans radically change under Roosevelt’s New Deal?

  2. 100 days- 1st 100 days of FDR’s term • TONS!!!! Of laws passed • Fireside chat- • FDR radio talks with American people • Pump- priming • Gov’t needs to spend to get economic “engine” going • Deficit spending • Gov’t borrows $$$$- dealing with crisis is more important than….. DEBT

  3. BROAD GOALS OF THE NEW DEAL: • RELIEF • “band aids” to stop the bleeding • Food, clothing, shelter, unemployment • RECOVERY • Antidote/ medicine to treat immediate “disease” • Short term laws passed • REFORM • “immunizations” to prevent disease from returning • Permanent changes to the role of the government

  4. FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Association) line in New Orleans 1935

  5. FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Association)

  6. CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps

  7. CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps

  8. PWA (Public Works Administration)

  9. PWA (Public Works Administration)

  10. (WPA) Works Progress Administration

  11. (WPA) Works Progress Administration

  12. FHA- Federal Housing Administration

  13. FHA (Federal Housing Administration)

  14. AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Act

  15. AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Act

  16. National Recovery Administration (NRA)

  17. National Recovery Administration (NRA)

  18. Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)

  19. Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)

  20. Glass-Steagal Act: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)

  21. Glass-Steagal Act: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)

  22. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

  23. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

  24. Social Security Act (SSA)

  25. Social Security Act (SSA)

  26. Wagner Act: NLRB

  27. Wagner Act:National Labor Relations Board(NLRB)

  28. Please take out your graphic organizers on “CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION” • USING YOUR CHART, TRY TO FIND (AT LEAST) ONE NEW DEAL PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES EACH PROBLEM…

  29. New Deal Posters • Your poster should: • Identify the New Deal Program • Its purpose/ goal should be apparent • This is propaganda- it should persuade people to support the New Deal Program • Be prepared to briefly explain: • The purpose of the program • The problem it addresses • Whom it helps • Is it designed for Relief, Recovery, and/or reform

  30. Review: How did the New Deal programs attempt to address the causes and hardships of the Great Depression? Come up with programs or actions FDR took for the following…. N E W D E A L High unemployment Home foreclosures Corruption in the Stock Market Bank failures Overproduction of industry Overproduction of crops

  31. Why might the New Deal be controversial? What do you think critics would complain about?

  32. Increased power of gov’t EXPENSIVE!! Taxes! Threatens liberty and private property (TVA) Deficit spending- gov’t spends $ does not have- big national debt http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Did not end the Great Depression Got us throughGrtDp Bank crisis Farmers protected Work for millions Gov’t responsible for citizens’ welfare Social Security Democracy survived! Other nations turned to dictators Bad or Good

  33. Analyze your cartoon • Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? • Exaggeration- why? • Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? • How are they similar? • Irony • Are things not as they should be? • What do you think the cartoonist was trying to say?

  34. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point?

  35. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point? According to this cartoon, what is the New Deal leading to? Why do you think the cartoonist feels this way? How does the Constitution protect citizens from “tyranny”?

  36. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point?

  37. What branch is not cooperating? What power is the Supreme Court using?

  38. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point? How would FDR’s “Court Packing Plan” Change the balance of power in the government? REORGANIZATION PROGRAM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT

  39. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point?

  40. Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol? Exaggeration- why? Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar? Irony- Are things not as they should be? What is the cartoonist’s point? Why do you think Congress did not pass FDR’s Court Packing plan?

  41. Checks and Balances in action • Power used by Supreme Court to “check” FDR: • Power FDR tried to use to “check” Supreme Court? • Power(s) Congress used to “check” FDR’s power grab?

  42. Why is Obama compared to FDR so much? • http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/politics/scotus-health-care/index.html • What is potentially standing in the way of Obama’s health care plan that was put into law?

  43. Regents questions: • Key result of ND: The federal government has responsibility for well being of Americans • Hoover v. Roosevelt- ideas on role of government in the economy • Wagner Act/ NLRB- power to labor unions to form/ collective bargaining • Sup Ct. vs. Roosevelt: increased power of pres/ programs unconstitutional/ “court packing plan”

  44. Essay question: Describe how New Deal programs addressed each of the 3 goals of the New Deal • different program/ law for each goal • paragraph each • Describe the problem and solution in detail for full credit • Relief- immediate help for those struggling • Recovery- changing the economic system to fix the problems and have long term recovery • Reform- permanent changes in the involvement of the government in the economy and lives of Americans

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