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Roosevelt and New Deal

Explore the comprehensive New Deal program by Roosevelt in 1933-1935, focusing on relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression. Learn about the goals and key events of the 1st and 2nd New Deal, including the Social Security Act. Discover how the Dust Bowl, hardships of the Depression, and New Deal policies impacted American society, culture, and opportunities for women and minorities. Understand the lasting legacies of the New Deal, expanding the federal government's role in social reform and the power of the president's office.

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Roosevelt and New Deal

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  1. Roosevelt and New Deal Economic Reforms

  2. Roosevelt Takes Charge • Created comprehensive program to fight Great Depression • Called “New Deal” 1933-1935 • Focused on relief, recovery, and reform • 20th amendment • What were the goals of the New Deal?

  3. 100 Days • 1st he shut down all the banks and only reopened the good working ones • Fire Side Chats – calm fears • relief–needy • recovery- agriculture and industry • reforms- to the economy • Describe the goals of the New Deal?

  4. First New Deal • FDR focused his programs on relief, recovery, and reform in America • Took three immediate steps to boost public confidence • He communicated directly with the public through fireside chat, a series of radio talks in which he explained his policies in a warm casual style

  5. Second New Deal 1935 -1937 • social reform • Social Security Act 1935 • Workers and employers put money in a fund which workers got monthly payments from after they retired • unemployed, disabled, elderly, and others in need • How did the Social Security Act reflect Roosevelt’s goals in the 2nd New Deal?

  6. New Deal Slows Down • Justices of Supreme Court didn’t agree with FDR’s programs • Believed that programs gave government too much power • Court struck down laws • Congress voted down bill asking for six justices instead of nine • Roosevelt reduced the deficit by cutting back on New Deal programs • Caused economy to spiral downward • Unemployment rose • Depression ended at start of World War II • Describe the key events that caused the slowdown of the 2nd New Deal?

  7. Living Through Hard Times • Dust Bowl • Started in 1930’s • Dust Damaged Farms across the Midwest • By 1940 2.5 million people fled from Dustbowl to pacific coast • Unemployed • In 1936 9 million people unemployed • 1931 New York breadlines served hungry and poor • Thousands lost homes and searched for shelter • Impact on Women + Children • Boys had to drop out to get jobs • Girls Stayed home to care of children • 1932 quarter million teens roamed country What hardships did the Great Depression bring to Americans?

  8. Culture • Arts + Entertainment • Expressed desperation through literature, photography, and painting • WPA helped writers find employment • The result of creative writing was significant works of literature • Motion pictures and radio were important and popular industries in the 1930s

  9. Changes in Society • Opportunities for Women • Women had rights in government • Minorities + New Deal • Mexican-Americans were deported back to Mexico • African-Americans were able to get seats on the “Black Cabinet” • Union gains strength • The unions were very powerful and they made working conditions better How did New Deal policies impact American Society?

  10. Legacies of the New Deal • Federal government took on a greater role in social reform • Greatly increased the power of the president’s office • White house is the center of government • Expanded federal government

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