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Wednesday 2/12/14. RAP What did President Roosevelt do during his presidency to help ease publics fears? How did Eleanor help her husbands presidency? Who do you like better as a president so far, Hoover or Roosevelt? Why? Today: Stamp President Roosevelt reading– Ch. 14.1

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Wednesday 2/12/14

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  1. Wednesday 2/12/14 RAP What did President Roosevelt do during his presidency to help ease publics fears? How did Eleanor help her husbands presidency? Who do you like better as a president so far, Hoover or Roosevelt? Why? Today: Stamp President Roosevelt reading– Ch. 14.1 Print Study Guide—needs to be complete by Monday PPT New Deal programs PPT impact HW: Read Ch. 14.2 and take notes on important people and vocabulary. DUE Thursday SWBAT describe President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. SWBAT describe the impact of the New Deal.

  2. Roosevelt • March 4, 1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt takes presidential oath. • Three and a half years of economic depression had left millions unemployed, hungry, and homeless. • Thousands of banks had closed. • Assembly lines stopped production. • No one buying, so no one to work. • Farmland lay fallow. • Roosevelt wanted to restore faith in America.

  3. Roosevelt • Married Eleanor Roosevelt—a distant cousin on March 17, 1905. • Opens his eyes to the real world: poverty, struggles, etc. • 1910-Democrat in the NY state legislature. • 1913-President Wilson appoints him assistant secretary of the navy. • 1921-polio strikes • 1928 & 1930- he is elected Governor of NY • 1932 he accepts the Democratic nomination for President.

  4. What were the three R’s of the New Deal? Relief = direct payments to help the needy • Recovery = Recovery measures to stimulate the economy and help people recover from the Depression • Reform = Reform laws to make changes to lessen the threat of a future economic disaster

  5. HW: Ch. 14.2 Criticism and Impact Read Ch. 14.2: and take notes; make sure you know these people. • Dr. Francis Townshend – page 464 • What did he do? • Who was discontented with Roosevelt? • Father Charles Coughlin –page 467 • How did Coughlin feel about Roosevelt? • Why was he anti-Semitic? • Senator Huey Long – page 468 • What did Senator Huey Long want? • In your opinion is this a good idea? Why or why not? • The Supreme Court – 471 • What did Roosevelt want to do with the Supreme Court? • What happened?

  6. Thursday 2/13/14 RAP What were some of the complaints on Roosevelt’s first New Deal legislation? What did Roosevelt do to appease these complaints? TODAY: Check Ch. 14.2 PPT Ch. 14.3 and complete 14.3 section on Study Guide. O’Brother Where art Thou? SWBAT describe Roosevelt’s New Deal policies impact on society.

  7. HW: Ch. 14.2 Criticism and Impact Read Ch. 14.2: and take notes; make sure you know these people. • Dr. Francis Townshend – page 464 • What did he do? Dr. Townshend came up with the idea of the social security program. Defeated in Congress in 1935 • Who was discontented with Roosevelt? Many elderly people; along with many others. • Father Charles Coughlin –page 467 • How did Coughlin feel about Roosevelt? Supported Roosevelt at first because he thought Roosevelt agreed with his beliefs, such as: nationalizing banks and running them like the post office. Once he realized that Roosevelt did not plan on changing the nation’s financial system he turned on him. • Why was he anti-Semitic? Blamed bankers and Jews for the financial ruin of the country. He believed the wealth of a few should be redistributed among the people.

  8. Senator Huey Long – page 468 • What did Senator Huey Long want? Louisiana governor who became very popular by the people and later was elected to the Senate. As a senator Long abolished local Louisiana governments putting himself in control of all appointments to government offices. • Came up with a Share Our Wealth campaign– all incomes above $5 million would be confiscated and redistributed, providing each family with a $5,000 income. • September, 1935 he was assassinated. • In your opinion is this a good idea? Why or why not? • The Supreme Court – 471 • What did Roosevelt want to do with the Supreme Court? Backed by 60% of the voters, Roosevelt believed the people were behind him all the way. He planned on appointing additional judges who would be sympathetic to his New Deal plans. Although he said he was trying to ease the workload of the aging judges. • What happened? Supreme Court upheld several key New Deal programs and Roosevelt backed down.

  9. Movie “O’ Brother Where Art Thou?” • Notes • Jot down historical events, people, etc. that we have discussed in class that you see in the movie. • Try to find facts or historical relevance in the movie. • Today: • Movie

  10. Friday 2/14/13 RAP • I came to be 102 years ago; who / what am I? • Questions on O’ Brother Where Art Thou? Today: Review Ch. 14.3 O’ Brother Where Art Thou? Study Guide DUE Monday

  11. Impact: Ch. 14.3 • Women: • Eleanor Roosevelt • Press conference with all women reporters. • Weekly • First lady cause- help women gain economic and political power. • Helped get women appointed to political posts. • Women in power • First woman cabinet post: Frances Perkins • Secretary of Labor- pushed for social security program and minimum wage law. • Roosevelt appointed first woman to federal appeals court, ambassadors and director of the mint. • 100 women held senior positions. • Discrimination: • Appointed to government posts that were least likely to conflict with men. • NRA codes often granted women lower pay than men – for same job. • Why? • People thought women should stay home unless essential. • Jobs should be for men.

  12. Impact • African Americans: • Black Cabinet • 50 African Americans appointed to serve in Roosevelt’s administration. AFRICAN AMERICANS GAIN A VOICE • Black Cabinet helped to get improvements through the New Deal programs to African American neighborhoods: hospitals, universities, and housing projects. FAILURE TO STAND FOR JUSTICE • Roosevelt failed to take a strong stand on civil rights issues. • Roosevelt did not push for a federal anti-lynching law, because it would alienate the Southern white leaders.

  13. NATIVE AMERICANS GAIN AN ALLY • Native American families were the poorest in the nation. • Most significant New Deal program for Native Americans was the INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT of 1934. Goalswere to promote Native American cultures and to preserve tribal ownership of reservation lands. • Natives gain control of reservations. • Establish own governments. • Authorized to provide the funds needed to build schools and hospitals, businesses, and arts and crafts cooperatives.

  14. AN EXPANDED GOVERNMENT ROLE • By including many previously excluded groups of people the New Deal brought the government closer to the people. • Federal regulation —the expansion of the federal government into almost all aspects of people’s lives. • For the first time THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ECONOMIC WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE NATION’S ECONOMY. • Economy did not completely recover until WWII was well under way.

  15. HW: • Complete your study guide for Ch. 13 and 14 • TEST ON MONDAY!!

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