Finish up your Depression Devastates Worksheet

with classmates. Grab a text book or review book.

5/7 Learning TargetI can explain what was done to fix the

Great Depression and whether it worked.

Opportunity for greater learning-HW choose two programs from each category RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM, define and

put into your note books.

NEW DEAL POSTER: RB 199, Text 706This poster is due at the end of the period.You and your group must have the following on the poster:1. Divide poster into three sections;

Relief, Recovery, & Reform2. Identify your three programs as a relief, recovery or reform and put them in the right section. Use your Text/Review book to find out.3. Name and describe the purposes of each of your three programs (make sure to give initials and full name).4. Be able to tell others whether it worked to fix some problems5. Give illustration for each program that describes its function6. Put group’s names on poster.

Learning Target- I can explain what was done to fix the Great Depression and if it worked.

5/8 Get your poster materials, text book, review book and take out your Post test # 7.

Post Test # 7 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.2 5.1 6.4 7.4 8.4 9.3 10.1 11.4 12.1 13.1 14.2 15.1 16.2 17.3 18.2 19.3 20.3 21.1 22.3 23. 1 24. 3 25.4

5/11 Learning TargetI can explain what was done to fix the Great Depression andwhether it worked.

Opportunity for greater learning:Finish FDR packet using ppt on website for 10pts. Study for test.

Get your New Deal Poster- be ready to present. Take out your FDR #24, review

book and a text book

Franklin Delano Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt

Democrat1933 - 1945

The New Deal in ActionThe New Deal in ActionAlphabet Soup ProgramsAlphabet Soup Programs

Relief RecoveryReform198-200 RB

THE NEW DEAL strategiesTHE NEW DEAL strategiesFederal gov’t more involved in economy

than ever before

Lower taxes, but increased gov’t spending

Federal regulation over banks, businesses, stock exchange

Deficit spending – gov’t was spending more than taking in to stimulate economy so people would start spending again

FDR AND THE SUPREME COURT, FDR AND THE SUPREME COURT, CONSTITUTION, AND CRITICS, CONSTITUTION, AND CRITICS,

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. 1935Declared the NRA (National Recovery Act) unconstitutional

Why? 1. Congress does not have the right to

regulate intrastate commerce, (commerce within a state) or pass that to the executive branch

2. Violated separation of powers by giving this power to the executive branch (Congress is supposed to regulate commerce)

U.S. v. Butler 1936U.S. v. Butler 1936

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) declared unconstitutional

Why?◦Agriculture is a local, not interstate matter according to 10th Amendment

TVA Tennessee Valley TVA Tennessee Valley AuthorityAuthority

Provided jobs, flood control, cheap electricity for rural areas of 7 states

But some criticized it as being socialist

The Judicial Reorganization PlanAlso know as the “court packing” plan

New Deal legislation continues to get vetoed by Court so…

FDR wanted the number of Supreme Court justices to go from 9 – 15 if they refused to retire at age 70

What does this threaten?◦Separation of Powers and system of checks and

balances

First lady Eleanor, continued to push humanitarian, women’s, and minority issues to her husband

33rdrd Term TermUnwritten constitution says presidents

should only serve 2 termsWho started this precedent?FDR wins a 4th term!22nd Amendment later passed to limit

presidential terms to 2

New DealNew Deal

Helped with many of the problems of the Depression, but WWII probably helped more