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THE GREAT DEPRESSION/ NEW DEAL. IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO:. 2. 1) DO THE DQ FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. 2) USE THE NOTES TO FILL IN THE BLANKS IN YOUR COPIES OF THE NOTES. (I GET MY COPY BACK).
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION/ NEW DEAL IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO: 2 • 1) DO THE DQ FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THE DAY. • 2) USE THE NOTES TO FILL IN THE BLANKS IN YOUR COPIES OF THE NOTES. (I GET MY COPY BACK). • ANSWER THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE POWERPOINT • DO THE FDR FEAR SPEECH AND CARTOON QUESTIONS.
2 Daily Quote &Question (DQ) 2 “THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!” -Franklin D. Roosevelt SONG FOR THE DAY: 1. Brother Can You Spare A Dime? What did the 18th and 21st amendments do?
2 Daily Quote &Question (DQ) 2 “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt SONG FOR THE DAY: 1.“My Man” by Billie Holiday What were the causes of the crash on October 29, 1929?
2 Daily Quote &Question (DQ) 2 “Watching baseball or softball is not in the TEKS for AP U.S. History!” -the State of Texas SONG FOR THE DAY: Centerfield (Put me in Coach) How did FDR help farmers and the unemployed during the New Deal?
“THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!” -Franklin D. Roosevelt Daily Comment & Card 1933 1935 SECOND NEW DEAL FIRST NEW DEAL -Began when FDR called a special session of congress known as the “Hundred Days” -Major programs included: CCC (road construction/flood contol) NIRA (codes for fair competition) PWA (road construction, schools, dams, bridges and other projects) AAA (farmers decrease production) -WPA (work projects for unemployed) included construction and community development -WAGNER ACT/NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (clarified rights of workers, created oversight board for management and labor, permitted collective bargaining) -SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (pension for old age and help for the handicapped) SONG FOR THE DAY: BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
“THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!” -Franklin D. Roosevelt Daily Comment & Card 1933 FIRST NEW DEAL -Began when FDR called a special session of congress known as the “Hundred Days” -Major programs included: CCC (road construction/flood control) NIRA (codes for fair competition) PWA (road construction, schools, dams, bridges and other projects) AAA (farmers decrease production) SONG FOR THE DAY: BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
“THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!” -Franklin D. Roosevelt Daily Comment & Card 1933 1935 SECOND NEW DEAL FIRST NEW DEAL -Began when FDR called a special session of congress known as the “Hundred Days” -Major programs included: CCC (road construction/flood contol) NIRA (codes for fair competition) PWA (road construction, schools, dams, bridges and other projects) AAA (farmers decrease production) -WPA (work projects for unemployed) included construction and community development -WAGNER ACT/NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (clarified rights of workers, created oversight board for management and labor, permitted collective bargaining) -SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (pension for old age and help for the handicapped) SONG FOR THE DAY: BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: -LIST AND EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. -DESCRIBE HOOVER’S RESPONSE TO THE DEPRESSION -EVALUATE FDR’S RESONSE TO THE DEPRESSION -EXPLAIN AND DESCRIBE THE AGENCIES OF THE NEW DEAL -DEFINE THE “COURT PACKING PLAN” -ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL
With the group at your table, answer the following questions (put all of your names & your answers on the index card): • During the 1920s, the group who generally did not prosper were • a)Farmers • b) Wall Street brokers • c) Professionals with college degrees • d) Residents of western cities • 2. Which of the following was the focus of a dispute between modernists and traditionists in the 1920s? • a) Ford assembly lines • b) Black Sox Scandal • c) Scopes trial • d) Teapot Dome Scandal
THE GREAT DEPRESSION • THE CRASH • HOOVER • ELECTION OF 1932 • NEW DEAL 1. FIRST 100 DAYS 2. CRITICS OF NEW DEAL 3. 2ND 100 DAYS • ELECTION OF 1936 • DECLINE OF NEW DEAL • MINORITIES & NEW DEAL
THE CRASH OCTOBER 29, 1929 “BLACK TUESDAY” BOTTOM FALLS OUT OF STOCK MARKET. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT BANKS & BUSINESSES FAIL
Reasons for the crash… • SURFACE WEALTH OF 1920s • AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION • MASS CONSUMPTION • BAD BANKING PRACTICES • OVERPRODUCTION/ MECHANIZATION ESSENTIALLY, NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY CONSUMER GOODS AVAILABLE!!
HOOVER • HOPED VOLUNTARY ACTION/PRIVATE CHARITY WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM • ENCOURAGED STATE & CITY GOVERNMENTS TO SPEND • REJECTED FEDERAL GOV’T TAKING DIRECT ACTION TO PROVIDE RELIEF
RFC HOOVER SET UP THE RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) IT WAS SUPPOSED TO PUMP MONEY INTO BUSINESS WHICH WOULD “TRICKLE” DOWN TO THE EMPLOYEES.
HE WAS HURT BY: -THE FARM HOLIDAY IOWA FARMERS LED BY MILO RENO KEEP PRODUCTS OFF MARKET (PUBLIC IS ANGRY & HURT) -BONUS MARCH WWI VETERANS CALL FOR PROMISED “ENDOWMENT POLICIES” IN SPRING OF 1932. 12 TO 15 THOUSAND SET UP CAMP AT ANACOSTIA FLATS. SENATE REFUSED TO AID AND ENVENTUALLY THE ARMY DROVE OUT 2,000 REMAINING WITH THE CAVALRY, TANKS, AND TEAR GAS.
ELECTION OF 1932 HOOVER VS. FDR CALLS FOR CUTS IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING CALLS FOR BALANCED BUDGET AID TO FARMERS OLD AGE PENSIONS STOCK MARKET REG UNEMPLOYMENT COMP BANKING REFORM REPEAL OF PROHIBITION UNEMPLOYMENT = 10 TO 11 MILLION!! DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IS ASSURED!!
ROOSEVELT WINS WITH 28 MILLION POPULAR VOTES, 472 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES (HOOVER HAD 59). DEMOCRATS CONTROL BOTH HOUSES
“THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!” 20TH AMENDMENT (LAME DUCK) NOW HAS THE INAUGURATION DATE AS JAN 20… TAKES OATH OF OFFICE MARCH 4, 1933
BRAIN TRUST POLIO 21st AMENDMENT FIRESIDE CHATS DUSTBOWL
SEVERE DROUGHT IN THE EARLY 1930s RUINED CROPS IN THE GREAT PLAINS. THE REGION BECAME KNOWN AS THE DUST BOWL. POOR FARMING AND HIGH WINDS BLEW AWAY MILLIONS OF TONS OF DRIED TOPSOIL. MANY MIGRATED WESTWARD TO CALIFORNIA STEINBECK-GRAPES OF WRATH
NEW DEAL 1. FIRST 100 DAYS FOCUS IS ON “RELIEF & RECOVERY” • CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) YOUNG MEN –REFORRESTRY, FLOOD CONTROL, WW2 PREP • FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT (FERA) MATCHING FUNDS FOR CITY/STATE • AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT (AAA) SUBSIDIES TO DECREASE PRODUCTION (NO TENANT/SHARECROPPERS) • TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) DEVELOPED ELECTRICITY MEASURE FOR RIVER VALLEY • NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT (NIRA) BLUE EAGLE “WE DO OUR PART” • PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA) [DAMS, POST OFFICES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, ETC)
CRITICS OF NEW DEAL • DR. FRANCIS TOWNSEND • FATHER CHARLES COUGHLIN • HUEY LONG “KINGFISH” OLD AGES PENSION OF $200 A MONTH WITH 30 DAYS TO SPEND (OVER 60) “RADIO PRIEST”- NATIONAL UNION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE-DENOUNCED FDR, JEWS, COMMIES—WANTED TO NATIONALIZE BANKS “SHARE OUR WEALTH” $5,000 TO EACH FAMILY, $2,000 PER PERSON ASSASSINATED SEPTEMBER 1935
2ND 100 DAYS FOCUS IS ON “REFORM” • WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA) ALSO HELPS WRITERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS • NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES JOBS, KEEPS THEM IN SCHOOL • RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACT • SOCIAL SECURITY ALSO PROVIDES AID TO HANDICAPPED & DEPENDENT CHILDREN
E. 1936 ELECTION DEMOCRATIC= FDR REPUBLICAN = ALFRED LANDON ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE IS 523 TO 8… FDR HAD SOLID SOUTH, CATHOLICS, JEWS, FARMERS, URBAN CENTERS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS… DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN CONGRESS INCREASED…
F. DECLINE OF THE NEW DEAL THE COURT PACKING PLAN WAS A BAD ONE… NIRA & AAA DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL/ FDR ASKED (1937) CONGRESS TO ADD FEDERAL JUDGES AND ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FOR EACH OVER 70 (6)!! 1937-1939 RETIRMENT OR DEATH MEANT 4 NEW APPOINTMENTS, BY 1941 HE HAD 7… DECLINE SHOWS IN ELECTION OF 1938 NO LONGER DOMINATES CONGRESS/ AGENCY CUT BACKS
MINORITIES AND NEW DEAL 1. WOMEN MOST LEFT WORK FORCE. EXCLUDED FROM MOST AGENCIES. FRANCIS PERKINS (SEC OF LABOR) 1ST FEMALE CABINET HATTIE CARAWAY (ARK) 1ST ELECTED SENATOR 2. AFRICAN-AMERICANS NEVER DIRECTLY ADDRESSED, BUT INCLUDED (CCC= 200,000-SEGREGATED; WPA & NYA) 3. NATIVE-AMERICANS ABANDONED DAWES SEVERALTY ACT, BACK ON RESERVATIONS. 4. MEXICAN-AMERICANS NO HELP FOR MIGRANT WORKERS. SOME HELPED BY WPA. RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION, NON-CITIZENS DEPORTED.
WAGNER ACT FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMITTEE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT (NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT—GUARANTEED A WORKER’S RIGHT TO JOIN A UNION & UNIONS RIGHT TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY PROVIDED FOR MINIMUM WAGE, MAX WORK WEEK AND CHILD LABOR LAWS UNDER 16 SET UP BY EXECUTIVE ORDER (1941) TO ASSIST MINORITES IN GAINING JOBS IN DEFENCE INDUSTRIES. SET UP AFTER A. PHILIP RANDOLPH THREATENS MARCH ON WASHINGTON (WHEELER-HOWARD ACT) RETRUNED LANDS TO CONTROL OF NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. REPLACED DAWES ACT.
THE NEW DEAL… • DID NOT END THE DEPRESSION • KEPT MANY GOING • IMPORTANT LEGISLATION: SOCIAL SECURITY MINIMUM WAGE FDIC • REVIVED SPIRIT & CONFIDENCE, HOPE • HELPED PEOPLE SURVIVE!! • EXPANDED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT • WW2 PULLED US OUT!!! THE CCC HAD PREPARED MANY FOR MILITARY SERVICE
DORTHEA LANGE became well known for her photographs during the Depression. Much of her work was done for the Farm Security Administration. Her work humanized the consequences of the Great Depression…