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Roosevelt's New Deal

Explore how Roosevelt's New Deal reshaped the role of government, from the Fireside Chats to bold economic reforms like the Bank Holiday and the CCC. Discover the lasting impact on society and the economy through relief, recovery, and reform measures that aimed to uplift the nation during the Great Depression.

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Roosevelt's New Deal

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  1. Roosevelt's New Deal

  2. The New Deal • Roosevelt promised a new style of government • Refuted the founders view of gov’t • Roosevelt made the case for a new kind of social contract — based upon “enlightened administration.” • It’s now the job of the government to protect your life, liberty and property. • Gov’t goes from passive to active. • Era of big gov’t begins.

  3. Fireside Chats • The President spoke in a casual way using the new media of Radio. • He talked directly to the people. • For the first time since the depression, Americans were beginning to feel hope.

  4. Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats

  5. “Try Something” Philosophy • he felt, action was better than inaction. • Roosevelt didn’t have any specific plan • “It is common sense to take a method and try it”. “If it fails, admit it frankly and try another”.

  6. “Bank Holiday”. • On March 5, the President closed all the banks • Then he got Congress to pass The Banking Relief Act. Sound banks reopened, others got cash infusion to stabilize the system. • The banks reopened on Monday March 13th. • Americans put more money into the banks than they took out. • The president’s action had ended the banking crisis.

  7. Roosevelt Declares Bank Holiday

  8. President Roosevelt’s New Deal had three main goals. • The first was to provide help (relief) to millions of suffering Americans. • The second was to improve the economy (recovery). • The third was to pass new laws so that there were not so many poor people (reform).

  9. The Hundred Days • During the first hundred days in office, Congress passed fifteen major laws • Greatly expanded government role in the economy.

  10. Civilian Conservation Corp(Relief) • Jobs included planting trees, fighting fires and working to control floods.

  11. National Recovery Administration(Recovery) • It set up rules to control competition between businesses. It also protected workers who wanted to organize unions. • It was not successful. It favored large businesses over small ones, and many businesses did not follow the codes.

  12. National Recovery Administration • Also spent billions of dollars on large building projects. • The projects included highways, public buildings and dams. • Businesses that worked on the projects hired more workers.

  13. Agricultural Adjustment Act(Recovery) • Tried to help farmers by reducing the amount of crops they produced. • Fewer crops would help raise prices. • The income of the farmer would rise. • The government therefore paid the farmer not to plant crops.

  14. Tennessee Valley Authority(Reform) • Under the Tennessee Valley Authority the government built dams on the Tennessee River. • These dams controlled flooding while providing cheap electricity to rural America.

  15. The Social Security Act of 1935 • One of the New Deal’s most important reforms. • It provided pensions to retired Americans. • The law also set up a system of unemployment insurance. • This protected Americans who lost their jobs.

  16. Did New Deal Work? • Unemployment dropped by two million by 1935. • Over nine million were still without jobs.

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