1 / 15

Relief, Recovery, and Reform

Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Franklin Roosevelt’s motto for the New Deal was “ Relief, Recovery, Reform .” Relief of people’s immediate suffering; Recovery to help people get back on their feet; and Reform to make sure that the Depression will happen again.

elmo-barnett
Download Presentation

Relief, Recovery, and Reform

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Relief, Recovery, and Reform

  2. Relief, Recovery, and Reform • Franklin Roosevelt’s motto for the New Deal was “Relief, Recovery, Reform.” Relief of people’s immediate suffering; Recovery to help people get back on their feet; and Reform to make sure that the Depression will happen again.

  3. New Deal Legislation • Federal Deposit Insurance Corps (FDIC) • 1933 • Government guaranteed depositors’ money so people would not lose their savings if the bank closed or failed.

  4. New Deal Legislation • Public Works Authority (PWA) – 1933 • $6 billion went into the construction of airports, aircraft carriers and hospitals

  5. New Deal Legislation • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) – passed 1933; revised 1938 • Government regulated how much crops farmers grew and how many animals that were slaughtered

  6. Supreme Court Case United States v. Butler • Farmers sued the gov’t saying it could not tell farmers how much to grow or what animals to kill  worries about communism! • Farmers won • law revised so that gov’t paid farmers not to grow certain crops or slaughter animals.

  7. New Deal Legislation • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – 1933 • Provided free or cheap electricity to farmers

  8. Relief, Recovery, and Reform 5. National Recovery Act (NRA) – 1935 established fair codes of business practices, gave workers minimum wages and maximum number or hours per week they would work.

  9. Supreme Court Case • United States v. Schecter aka – “The Sick Chicken Case” • Established that only states have the right to control business within a state

  10. Wagner Act (1935) • Allowed workers to unionize • Social Security Act (1935) • Gave pension to retired workers and their spouses and helped people with disabilities

  11. Relief, Recovery, and Reform 8. Securities & Exchange Commission • Supervised the stock market and stopped dishonest practices

  12. FDR & the Supreme Court • Trying to avoid Supreme Court rulings against New Deal legislation, FDR proposes a bill: • Whenever a Supreme Court justices reached 70 years of age without retiring, the president could add a new justice (up to 15) • Congress said “NO” • FDR’s attempt to “pack the court” failed

  13. Impact of the New Deal • The Federal government gets involved in people’s lives and regulates business more! • Increase in presidential power • Increase in power of the Federal gov’t • Federal social programs  welfare • Deficit spending starts  spending $ you don’t have • Greater concern for workers • Renewal of FAITH IN DEMOCRACY

  14. DUST BOWL

More Related