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FDR and the New Deal: Understanding Relief, Recovery, Reform

Explore FDR's New Deal with its three main purposes and various programs. Dive into CCC, WPA, TVA, NRA, AAA, and reform efforts like FDIC and Social Security Act.

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FDR and the New Deal: Understanding Relief, Recovery, Reform

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  1. FDR and the New Deal “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

  2. Learning Targets • Students will be able to understand the three main purposes of the New Deal • Students will be able to identify different New Deal programs and their specific purposes

  3. FDR’s Plan • willing to “try something” to help economy • gathered “Brain Trust”for advice • focus on 3 R’s in legislation: • relief (aids people directly, like jobs) • recovery (supports/ help industries) • reform (creates new laws to fix problems) “Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.” Roosevelt 1932

  4. Relief

  5. 1. Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC) • gave jobs to young men, conserved natural resources (parks, roads, ditches, windbreaks, etc.)

  6. Digging Ditches in Montana Illinois CCC advertisement

  7. Pillow created to honor the CCC

  8. 2. Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA): • direct relief was given to states to help families • 3 billion dollars spent by 1935

  9. 3. Works Progress Administration (WPA): • put people to work building public buildings, • roads, and bridges • also hired actors, artists, musicians & writers • special division for women in nursing and • teaching

  10. WPA advertisement to aid women

  11. WPA helped artists, like Diego, create murals and continue his or her craft

  12. White Board Moment! • Compare and evaluate the three relief programs. Which one do you think was most effective? Why?

  13. Recovery

  14. 1. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): • helped the valley by controlling floods and making cheap hydroelectric power

  15. TVA workers working on a dam control building

  16. 2. National Recovery Administration (NRA): • set industry codes for production, wages, prices & working conditions

  17. 3. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) • farmers paid not to grow crops to prevent surpluses

  18. Whiteboard Moment! • What symbol did the NRA use, and why did they use it? • Create a symbol for the AAA.

  19. Reform

  20. 1. Emergency Banking Act • only stable banks were allowed to reopen from the “bank holiday”

  21. 2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) • insured savings accounts in gov’t approved banks

  22. 3. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) • oversees companies that sell stocks to protect the investors

  23. 4. Social Security Act • pensions for retired, unemployment insurance, welfare

  24. Whiteboard Moment! • Which of the Reform programs do you think was the most important and effective? • Find someone in the room with a different choice. Debate your answers. • Trade whiteboards. Summarize your partner’s arguments on their whiteboard.

  25. Journal Reflection • Without looking at your notes, write down the three R’s of the New Deal Program. • Summarize the purpose of each of the three R’s. • Write down one example of a New Deal program for each of the three R’s.

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