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2. Social Impact Vocab-7B • Hooverville: popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President during the onset of the Depression and widely blamed for it. • Soup Kitchens: serve free meals to the needy • Breadlines: a line of needy people waiting for handouts of free food • Public Assistance: aid, in the form of money, goods, or services, that a government provides to those in need

3. The New Deal QC Standards: D.1.g. Evaluate the impact of the New Deal on various elements of American society (e.g., social, political, environmental, economic) Learning Targets o I can compare/contrast Hoover’s response to the Great Depression with FDR’s response. o I can define New Deal. o I can explain major social, environmental, and economic programs of the New Deal. o I can describe the criticisms of FDR’s New Deal.

4. What would you do? Imagine that you are a government official who must respond to this woman. What will you tell her can be done to help her and her family? Discuss your response with a partner or as a class. • Response A - “America won’t let you down, ma’am. If you work really hard, you will eventually find a job to support yourself and your family. In this country, hard work and perseverance always pay off. Maybe for right now, though, your church or a charity near your home can help you and your family. Personal responsibility and local organizations are the answers to your problems.” • Response B “I feel truly horrible about your situation. You must be very frustrated. But help is on the way. Soon the government will start programs to provide a job for you. The government will make sure you can pay your rent. The president and Congress will help you. More government programs is the answer to your problems.” • Response C - “Wealthy Americans must stop being so greedy! The government needs to tax the wealthy heavily and give some of that money to those who live in poverty. Redistributing or sharing the wealth is the answer to your problems.”

5. What would you believe? • Which ideology do you think would have been most effective in addressing the economic problems of the Great Depression? • Radical Ideology - supports sweeping changes to society, including the economy. During the Great Depression, communist radicals hoped to do away with capitalism and give the federal government control of the economy. • Conservative Ideology - supports letting the economy stabilize by itself and opposes large governmental efforts to effect change. During the Great Depression, conservatives believed that the economy would recover on its own, without government interference. • Liberal Ideology - supports government involvement in the economy. During the Great Depression, liberals believed the federal government had a responsibility to relieve Americans’ misery with public works projects and social welfare programs.

6. Examples Radical Conservative Liberal With your partner, put one quote, one policy, and one description under the ideology it best fits.

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9. Hoover • continued staying out of the economy • didn’t believe in direct relief • asked businesses not to lay off workers • asked unions not to strike

10. Hoover and the “Bonus Army” • World War I vets marched on Washington D.C. to get compensated adequately for their wartime services. • Hoover orders his generals to disband the Bonus Army.

11. 1932 Presidential Election • People blamed the government and Hoover for the Depression • Franklin Roosevelt (Dem. Candidate) promises a “New Deal” for Americans saying the gov. should and would help them out • FDR was elected almost 2-1 with his promise of the New Deal

13. Roosevelt’s First Steps as President Inaugural Address: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” Fireside Chats: Roosevelt’s way to communicate to the American people directly Bank Holiday: All banks temporarily close to ease panic 1st Hundred Days …start of the First New Deal (plan introduced by FDR to transform America economically, socially, and politically)

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYAEggOtI8&list=PL3833257914F80DA9http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYAEggOtI8&list=PL3833257914F80DA9 Presidential Use of Mass Media

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16. The First New Deal • Creating jobs: • Public Works Administration (PWA) – construction projects • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) – projects in national parks, forests • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) – building dams • Help for Rural Areas • Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) - paying farmers to plant fewer crops • Rural Electrification Administration (REA)- brought electricity to rural U.S. • Regulating Banking • Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)- created laws/rules for buying and selling stocks • Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC)- insures your money in banks so it won’t be lost

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18. Protests and Political Challenges Some believed the New Deal had gone too far in expanding the role of the federal government while others thought it should do more to help the needy.

20. The Second New Deal • Works Progress Administration (WPA)- created jobs for artists • National Labor Relations Board- protected workers rights in the workplace • Social Security Act – created safety net for retirement, disability, and unemployment.

21. The WPA’s Federal Art project provided jobs for more than 5,000 artists who created over 200,000 works of art. Many of the work that the WPA commissioned were murals that depict scenes from American life, like the one shown here. This mural was painted on a courthouse in Trenton, New Jersey. Many of the WPA artists were inspired by famed Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

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23. Impacts of the New Deal • Social – • Strengthened labor movement • Women, and minorities benefited only somewhat from the New Deal. FDR did not support civil rights efforts. • Political – • The federal gov’t took on more responsibility • Economic – • Fixed the financial system • Put many people back to work • Environmental – • Reduced over-farming • Improved national parks • Dams altered ecosystems

24. Critics of the New Deal • Many programs were only temporary solutions. • Increased national debt. 1932-1939 ($19.5million$40.5million) • Said FDR was a dictator (court packing; increased power of executive branch) • The New Deal did not end the Great Depression. WWII ended the Great Depression

25. Court Packing Plan - 1937 • 6 of 9 justices were over 70 and thought it was their duty to rule against FDR (programs were “socialist”). • FDR wants to add 1 new justice for every justice over 70 (cap at 15 justices). • FAILED b/c it violated checks and balances • FDR looked like a dictator- too much power!

26. Assessment Political Cartoons Choose 5 political cartoons. Determine which cartoons are pro-FDR and which are anti-FDR. For EACH, you must include: Title of Cartoon (if there is one) Description of what’s going on in the cartoon For FDR or Against FDR Supporting evidence (how you know it’s for or against)

27. Quiz • Try your best! • Remain quiet until everyone is finished • 12 minutes to complete

28. Quiz Scoring on Binder Check Unit 7 • If you got the question correct = 3 “mastery”: • If you go the question incorrect = 1 “needs improvement”

29. Improving your Pre-Assessment • Has to be improved to get grade in binder check • You can listen to music • This is individual so YOU can do well on your test! • To show mastery- • Needs to answer question completely • Needs to include terms and details • Should be 2-3 sentences in length response