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Chapter Fifteen: The New Deal

Chapter Fifteen: The New Deal. Standards Covered. TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One. AMERICANS GET A NEW DEAL Depression leads to decline of work, food, and hope Franklin Delano Roosevelt *

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Chapter Fifteen: The New Deal

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  1. Chapter Fifteen: The New Deal

  2. Standards Covered • TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.

  3. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One AMERICANS GET A NEW DEAL • Depression leads to decline of work, food, and hope • Franklin Delano Roosevelt* • Had his “Brain Trust”—group of advisors (lawyers, professors, journalists) • New Deal*

  4. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • First 100 Days15 major pieces of legislation passes • Gives federal govt. power to control the nation’s economy • Emergency Banking Act* • FDR delivers “fireside chats”—radio talks about issues of public concern

  5. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • Glass-Steagall Act* • Federal Securities Act* • Securities and Exchange Commission* HELPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE • Agricultural Adjustment Act*

  6. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • Tennessee Valley Authority* • Civilian Conservation Corps* • Planted 200 million trees to prevent another Dust Bowl

  7. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • National Industrial Recovery Act* • Unable to put a dent in unemployment rate • Civil Works Administration—creates four million jobs • National Recovery Administration—deals with wage cuts, falling prices, and layoffs

  8. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • Home Owners Loan Corporation* • Federal Emergency Relief Administration* THE NEW DEAL UNDER ATTACK • Millions of Americans benefit

  9. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • FDR uses deficit spending* • He believed it was necessary when the economy was failing • Criticism increases • Liberals state change is not happening enough • Conservatives state it controls businesses and taxes the rich

  10. A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One • Supreme Court strikes down NIRA and AAA • Scares FDR • Court Packing* • Father Coughlin and Huey Long*

  11. Standards Covered • TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.

  12. The Second New Deal Takes Hold: Section Two THE SECOND ONE HUNDRED DAYS • Second One Hundred Days—FDR calls on Congress to provide more relief • Eleanor Roosevelt* • 1936 wins second term

  13. The Second New Deal Takes Hold: Section Two HELPING FARMERS • Two out of five farms were mortgaged • Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act* • Brought back a renewal of AAA • Resettlement Administration* • Farm Security Administration* • Hired photographers to show rough lives

  14. The Second New Deal Takes Hold: Section Two ROOSEVELT EXTENDS RELIEF • Works Progress Administration* • A make-work project—led to building airports, repairing streets, creating public buildings • Paid artists and writers

  15. The Second New Deal Takes Hold: Section Two • National Youth Administration* IMPROVING LABOR AND OTHER REFORMS • The Wagner Act* • Businesses could not threaten workers, fire union members, or interfere with union meetings • Fair Labor Standards Act*

  16. The Second New Deal Takes Hold: Section Two • Social Security Act (Three Components)* • New Deal helps to ease the troubles of the Great Depression • Sections Three and Four are Cut from the Presentation—it will go right to Section Five

  17. Standards Covered • TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.

  18. The Impact of the New Deal—Section Five NEW DEAL REFORMS ENDURE • 1937—economy improves to convince Americans that the Depression was ending • Congress pushes FDR to scale back • Industrial production drops; unemployment rises • 1939—New Deal ends; Hitler is the new concern

  19. The Impact of the New Deal—Section Five • Conservative beliefs* • Liberal beliefs* • Supporters believed he found a balance between the two • The New Deal gave the govt. a more active role in the economy

  20. The Impact of the New Deal—Section Five • Provided jobs, food, and money • Caused federal govt. to go into debt • WWII ends the Depression due to spending needs for the war* • Wagner Act helps with labor disputes • FDIC insures up to 100,000 today

  21. The Impact of the New Deal—Section Five • Govt. takes care of social welfare for its citizens (Social Security) • Federal aid still given to farmers • Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Works Administration—building, parks, and trees left behind

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