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Do Now. Answer the following questions from the video: What are some of his famous quotes that are shown in the video? How was he different from previous presidents? Why do you think FDR would be considered a “voice of hope”?. I. A New Leader.
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Do Now • Answer the following questions from the video: • What are some of his famous quotes that are shown in the video? • How was he different from previous presidents? • Why do you think FDR would be considered a “voice of hope”?
I. A New Leader Objective 9.05: Assess the impact of New Deal reforms in enlarging the role of the federal government in American life.
A. Election of 1932 • Herbert Hoover vs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). • FDR wanted different response to the Great Depression. • “Republican leaders not only have failed in material things, they have failed in national vision…I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a “new deal” for the American people”.” • His economic policies would be called the New Deal because of this quote.
A. Election of 1932 • Watch Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Inauguration Speech and answer the following questions: • What do we have to fear? • What impression did FDR’s speech have on the American public?
B. First Hundred Days • Wanted to act quickly in office – had most productive lawmaking session in American history. • Time period right after Roosevelt was inaugurated. • Created a brain trust – group of scholars to help him make decisions • Example: Emergency Banking Relief Act • Required banks to register with government and be inspected to make sure they are doing what’s right. • Created a “bank holiday” – banks weren’t open for 4 days so the government could do something. • Form the basis of the New Deal.
C. New Deal • Package of legislation to improve the American economy. • Direct relief to Americans, goes against laissez-faire approach. • Used deficit spending – government borrowing money so it has more money to spend. • Had to get more money to pay for all of the new programs. • Three R’s – relief, recovery, reform • Relief – immediate action/temporary programs to fix the economy. • Recovery – programs to help the economy bounce back. • Reform – permanent long-term changes to avoid another depression
D. New Deal Programs • Called the “Alphabet Soup” of the New Deal because of all of the acronyms. • Information about different programs or government agencies can be found in stations. • You will have 10 minutes at each station. Answer the following questions? • What was the problem? • Which agency would try and fix it? • How did it try to fix it? • Do you think this is relief, recovery, or reform?
II. Impact of the New Deal Objective 9.05
A. Political Opposition • Conservatives: Concern about deficit spending. • Why might deficit spending be a concern? • Liberals: thought FDR didn’t do enough, wanted to take money from really wealthy and give it to less wealthy.
B. Supreme Court Opposition • Said New Deal programs were unconstitutional – federal government didn’t have the power to do these things. • FDR created “The Court Packing Plan” – increase the number of judges on the Supreme Court. • Select up to 6 more (make the number 15), and he could pick ones he knew would approve of the New Deal programs.
C. Economic Recovery • Economic outcome: limited success in actually improving the economy. • HOWEVER, it brought hope and stability to the economy, which made it feel very successful to the American people. • Long-term impact: expanded the role the government played in the economic and people’s lives.
Independent Practice • Create two different propaganda posters to promote two different New Deal agencies. • Your posters should bolster the opinion of the agency and attract people to use the service it provides.
Exit Ticket • 1) The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was designed to • a. Bring modernization and jobs to desolate areas of the upper rural South. • b. Help support the continued control of electrical power by private companies. • c. Alienate conservationists. • d. Test the authority of the Supreme Court.
Exit Ticket • 2) The Hundred Days refers to • a. The period between Roosevelt’s election and his inauguration. • b. The period immediately after Roosevelt’s first inauguration. • c. The worst period of the Great Depression. • d. The final days of the Hoover administration.
Exit Ticket • 3) Even though the New Deal had limited success in improving the economy, people still really liked FDR and his policies. Use 2-3 sentences to explain why.
Exit Ticket • 4) How did the role of the federal government change during the 1930s?