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Ch.22 The New Deal (1932-1941)

Ch.22 The New Deal (1932-1941). Mr. Dzicek U.S. 11. Terms & People to Know. FDR Eleanor Roosevelt New Deal Fireside chat Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)- insured bank deposits. Terms & People to Know.

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Ch.22 The New Deal (1932-1941)

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  1. Ch.22 The New Deal (1932-1941) Mr. Dzicek U.S. 11

  2. Terms & People to Know • FDR • Eleanor Roosevelt • New Deal • Fireside chat • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)- insured bank deposits

  3. Terms & People to Know • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)- designed to regulate stock market and make safer for investors. • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)- designed to end overproduction of crops and to raise prices. • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)- built dams, controlled floods, generated electricity.

  4. Terms & People to Know • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)- employed young men to build up America’s infrastructure. • National Recovery Administration (NRA)- established codes for industry (min. wage, set prices)- designed to increase wages to workers could buy products.

  5. Terms & People to Know • Public Works Administration (PWA)- built up infrastructure (bridges, roads, dams, power plants, government buildings)- created lots of jobs. • American Liberty League- Consisted of critics of FDR’s New Deal. • Huey Long • Charles Coughlin

  6. Terms & People to Know • Second New Deal- focused more on general welfare of the people. • Works Progress Administration (WPA)- similar to the CCC, but employed more diverse group of people. • John Maynard Keynes- British economist; argued that deficit spending was needed to get America out of the depression.

  7. Terms & People to Know • Pump priming- put money into hands of consumers… they buy more goods. • Social Security Act (1935)- established a pension system for retirees and provided unemployment insurance. (Note: Did not apply to African Americans. Women and widows received limited amounts)

  8. Terms & People to Know • Rural Electrification Administration- provided money to electrical companies so that the companies could provide electricity to farms. • Wagner Act- recognized the right of employees to join labor unions and gave workers collective bargaining.

  9. Terms & People to Know • Fair Labor Standards Act 91938)- established min. wage, and max. work week (44 hrs.) • Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)- Union that appealed to more groups of people than the AFL. • United Automobile Workers Union (UAW)- staged the sit-down strike in Detroit. (1936).

  10. Terms & People to Know • Court packing- FDR’s attempt to place more judges in the U.S. Supreme Court. (In order to get more to agree on New Deal). • Black Cabinet- African American leaders that helped advise FDR. • Mary McLeod Bethune- member of Black Cabinent. Fought for racial equality. • Indian New Deal- gave Native American economic assistance and greater control over their own affairs.

  11. Terms & People to Know • New Deal Coalition- very diverse group that supported FDR. (southern whites, northern blue collar workers, poor midwestern farmers, African Americans). • Welfare state- government assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of children, poor, elderly, sick, disabled, unemployed. • Frank Capra- director. Movies focused on ordinary Americans struggling.

  12. Terms & People to Know • Federal Art Project- offered jobs to artists (murals, paintings, folklores, guidebooks, recorded oral histories of slaves, etc.)

  13. Questions to Consider • How did the New Deal attempt to address the problems of the depression? • What were the two major criticisms of FDR’s New Deal economic policies? • What major issues did the Second New Deal address? • How did the New Deal affect trade unions?

  14. Questions to Consider • What setbacks did Roosevelt face during his second term as President? • What was the Court Packing Scheme? Was it justified? • How did the New Deal change the social, economic, and political landscape of the United States for future generations?

  15. Questions to Consider • What impact did the New Deal have on women? • How did the New Deal affect African Americans? Native Americans? • How did New Deal policies affect ethnic and social divisions? • In what ways did the role of the federal government grow during FDR’s presidency?

  16. Questions to Consider • How did the men and women of the depression find relief from their hardships in the popular culture?

  17. The BIG Question • How did the New Deal respond to the ravages of the depression and change the role of the federal government?

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