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Essential QuestionEssential Question
What were the major What were the major components of FDR’s components of FDR’s New Deal program?New Deal program?
Roosevelt’s Personal LifeRoosevelt’s Personal Life
Born into a Born into a wealthy New York wealthy New York familyfamily
Married to Eleanor Married to Eleanor RooseveltRoosevelt
1921 – contracted 1921 – contracted polio, steel braces polio, steel braces on his legs to walkon his legs to walk
Political BackgroundPolitical Background
New York State New York State SenatorSenator
Governor of New Governor of New York – many York – many economic economic reforms made reforms made him popularhim popular
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt
Also interested in Also interested in social and social and political matterspolitical matters
Held weekly Held weekly press press conferences and conferences and wrote a columnwrote a column
Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt
Supported Supported African African American American civil rightscivil rights
Supported Supported labor unionslabor unions
Election of 1932Election of 1932
Republican Republican candidate = candidate = HooverHoover
Democrat Democrat candidate = candidate = Franklin D. Franklin D. RooseveltRoosevelt
Bonus ArmyBonus Army
Demanded Demanded promised bonus promised bonus money for WWI money for WWI vetsvets
Marched on Marched on Washington, Washington, camped in camped in HoovervillesHoovervilles
Bonus ArmyBonus Army
July 1932 – Hoover July 1932 – Hoover ordered the men ordered the men evicted from public evicted from public buildings and landbuildings and land
Army chief of staff Army chief of staff Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur used harsh used harsh methods to methods to remove themremove them
March 1933March 1933
Roosevelt’s Roosevelt’s inauguration inauguration addressaddress
““First of all, let First of all, let me assert my firm me assert my firm belief that the belief that the only thing we only thing we have to fear is have to fear is fear itself.”fear itself.”
The New DealThe New Deal
Roosevelt’s Roosevelt’s policies for policies for ending the ending the DepressionDepression
The New DealThe New Deal
Use the resource Use the resource materials provided to materials provided to
read, outline, and read, outline, and illustrate Roosevelt’s illustrate Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.New Deal programs.
Challenges to the New DealChallenges to the New Deal
Economy showed Economy showed no rapid no rapid improvementimprovement
High High unemploymentunemployment
Large federal Large federal debtdebt
Second Inaugural AddressSecond Inaugural Address
““In this nation I see tens of millions of its In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens – a substantial part of its whole citizens – a substantial part of its whole population – who at this very moment are population – who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the lowest standards of today call the necessities of life . . . I see one-third of a necessities of life . . . I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished . . . nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished . . . The test of our progress is not whether we The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”for those who have too little.”
Roosevelt’s Court-Packing Roosevelt’s Court-Packing PlanPlan
Fear that the Supreme Court would Fear that the Supreme Court would declare New Deal acts as declare New Deal acts as unconstitutionalunconstitutional
Roosevelt attempted to remove Roosevelt attempted to remove older justices from the courtolder justices from the court
Opposition from the RightOpposition from the Right
American Liberty American Liberty LeagueLeague
Business Business leaders/opponentleaders/opponents organized s organized opposition to the opposition to the New DealNew Deal
Opposition from the LeftOpposition from the Left
Believed Believed government government needed to needed to intervene in intervene in the economy the economy even moreeven more
Shift wealth Shift wealth from the rich from the rich to the poorto the poor
Huey LongHuey Long
Democratic senator Democratic senator from Louisianafrom Louisiana
Championed the Championed the poorpoor
Head of a corrupt Head of a corrupt political machine, political machine, threatened to run threatened to run against Roosevelt against Roosevelt for presidentfor president
Father CoughlinFather Coughlin
Catholic priest in Catholic priest in DetroitDetroit
Had a popular radio Had a popular radio showshow
Called for heavy Called for heavy taxes on the taxes on the wealthy, wealthy, nationalization of nationalization of banking systembanking system