chapter fifteen: the new deal. standards covered tlw explain and evaluate roosevelt’s new deal...
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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*• Had his “Brain Trust”—group of
advisors (lawyers, professors, journalists)
• New Deal*
A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One
• First 100 Days15 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
A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One
• Glass-Steagall Act*• Federal Securities Act*• Securities and Exchange
Commission*HELPING THE AMERICANPEOPLE• Agricultural Adjustment
Act*
A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One
• Tennessee Valley Authority*
• Civilian Conservation Corps*
• Planted 200 million trees to prevent another Dust Bowl
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
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
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
A New Deal Fights The Depression: Section One
• Supreme Court strikes down NIRA and AAA
• Scares FDR• Court Packing*• Father Coughlin
and Huey Long*
Standards Covered
• TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.
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
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
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
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*
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
Standards Covered
• TLW explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.
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
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
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
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