Evaluating the Success of FDR's New Deal Policies

1. Please have out yesterday’s “NEW DEAL” closure activity and HW out… Today’s key historical question: Was the New Deal a success or failure?

2. Review: How did the New Deal programs attempt to address the causes and hardships of the Great Depression? 2 “RELIEF” 2 “RECOVERY” 2 “REFORM” N E W D E A L High unemployment Home foreclosures Corruption in the Stock Market Bank failures Overproduction of industry Overproduction of crops

3. Today’s Task: • You will use evidence from documents to support your report card “grade” for FDR and his New Deal • Individually close read the documents to search for evidence supporting your “A+” or “D” • With a partner, collaborate to fill in the report card Blue Report Card: FDR gets a D Yellow Report Card: A+!

4. Close Reading: Example 1: (“Historian A”, History Alive textbook) The New Deal basically rescued capitalism from its own abuses. By 1933 many Americans were upset with the capitalist system. Franklin Roosevelt brought about needed government involvement and reformed the system, thereby preventing the possibility of a revolution. Business leaders who are so critical of the New Deal should instead be grateful for it.

5. If a document has any evidence to support your grade, fill in the report card by: • Identifying the letter of the document • Creating a “COURSE TITLE” for the main idea that the document deals with • Rating the reliability of the source (1= unreliable, possible bias; 4= very reliable) • Identifying specific supporting evidence from the document for your grade of A+ OR D

6. Example 2 report card

7. Example 2: (Historian B, History Alive textbook activity) The New Deal brought a radical break with the past by greatly expanding government involvement in the economy. President Roosevelt put the United States firmly on the road toward the welfare state by initiating harmful government meddling in many areas of individuals’ lives. Because the New Deal suffered from the same flaws as today’s government programs- contradictory, haphazard programs that do not accomplish their original goals- it was doomed to be just as much as a failure.

8. Report Card Example Two

9. Report cards will be collected at end of lesson tomorrow (rubric at bottom of sheet):

10. When sourcing, be sure to look at date of the document…. • Oct. 29, 1929- Stock Market Crash, Great Depression begins • March 1933- FDR is elected • March- June 1933- “1st 100 Days”- New Deal begins • 1935-1936- “Second New Deal” • 1936- FDR re-elected • 1940- World War 2 has begun in Europe; FDR is re-elected for a third term • December 1941- US enters World War 2 after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

11. If you and your partner did not finish, please do so for homework! • Closure: “Letter home to mom” (on separate piece of paper to be handed in before you leave): • Write a 2-3 sentence “letter home to mom” as FDR’s “teacher”. The letter should…. • Identify the most important “course” young Franklin is (succeeding OR failing) in (1 pt) • and provide specific evidence to back it up. (1 pt)

12. Key Question • Was the New Deal a success or failure? • Yesterday: • Sourcing • Contextualization • Close Reading • Today: • Corroboration

13. Step One • With your partner from yesterday, prepare to summarize your argument for FDR’s grade. • Each of you need to share the “presentation” • Each yellow team will be paired with a blue team • Yellow presents argument • Blue repeats it back. When yellow is satisfied, roles are switched • CORROBORATION: • NOT A DEBATE. Reach a consensus on a grade. • EITHER A OR D!!! • 5 pts: Hand in one summary of your consensus. Should address evidence and argument from both sides.

18. CLOSURE: Checks and Balances review: • What judicial power did the Supreme Court use to “check” some New Deal programs passed by Congress and FDR? • What presidential power did FDR hope to use to “check” the Supreme Court? • What legislative power(s) did Congress use to prevent FDR’s “Court packing proposal”?

19. Schechter Poultry v. United States • “Sick Chicken” case • Unconstitutional power given to Executive Branch under the National Industrial Recovery Act “This is the end of this business of centralization, and I want you to go back and tell the president that we're not going to let this government centralize everything.” -Justice Louis Brandeis

20. Checks and Balances in action • Power used by Supreme Court to “check” FDR: • Power FDR tried to use to “check” Supreme Court? • Power(s) Congress used to “check” FDR’s power grab?

21. Creates court system

22. Unit10- Key Ideas

23. Unit 10- key people

24. Regents questions: • Key result of ND: federal government is responsible for well being of Americans • Hoover v. Roosevelt- ideas on role of government in the economy • Wagner Act/ NLRB- power to labor unions to form/ collective bargaining • Sup Ct. vs. Roosevelt: increased power of pres/ programs unconstitutional/ “court packing plan”

25. Unit 10- Questions?

26. Essay question: RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORMFor each goal, choose one New Deal law/ program and…. • Describe the problem the program sought to address • Explain how the law/ program was meant to address the problem • 25 pts- (3 programs, 8 pts each) • Right now, choose which 3 programs/ laws you will write about (refer to your “Relief, Recovery, Reform” notes chart if necessary)