Herbert Hoover

Why was Hoover unpopular?

Word Splash - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Polio Democrat

Distant cousin to

Teddy Roosevelt

Distant cousin to Eleanor Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of the

Navy

Harvard

Graduate

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Why do you think the people liked

FDR?

“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Why do you think the people liked

FDR?“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Why do you think the people liked

FDR?

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.”

NOTES on FDR

Domestic Policy: The New DealDomestic Policy: The New Deal

1.1. Brain TrustBrain Trust – people (professionals

& ppl of academia) hired to find solutions to the depression.

2.2. ““Bank Holiday”Bank Holiday” – closed banks to stop bank runs – 4 day bank holiday (aka… Emergency Banking Bill)

3. New DealNew Deal = programs to provide immediate Relief ($), stimulate Recovery (jobs), and economic Reform (to prevent future problems)

a. Fireside Chats – inspirational / uplifting speeches

on the radiob. Eleanor goes on tour to support New Deal

programs – Extremely visible “First Lady”; FDR’s “eyes & ears”

•First New Deal consisted of FDR’s

plans and programs during his first 100

days in office•In total, FDR and

Congress passed 15 bills to aide the

struggling nation

Opposition to New Deal:“Too Radical vs. Not Radical

Enough”LEFT

• New Deal NOT doing Enough!!!

1. Overly concerned with saving banks

2. Not focused on Americans

Liberals…o Huey Long….

“Share Our Wealth”

RIGHT

• Too Radical

1. Made gov’t too strong

2. Gov’t telling business how to operate– TOO MUCH DEBT!!!

Conservatives

c. Supreme Court declares many of FDR’s programs unconstitutional

-Upon re-election in 1936, FDR goes after those who most oppose his initiatives/plans (Supreme Court justices)

d. Can’t fire justices … FDR proposes adding more!!! (915)

i. FDR accused of “Court-Packing”

4. Legacy: restores HOPE … but FAILS to stop the depression

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Foreign Policy: Isolationism war

1. Germany invades Poland!

a. Neutrality Acts: withhold weapons and loans from ANY belligerent (aggressive) nations

b. Lend-Lease Act (#1776): US can aid any nation whose defense is vital to US security

a. sell weapons to Allies

b. Angers Germany

2.Japan invades Manchuria (1938)! – Rape of Nanjing…Japanese Holocaust.

- 300,000 killed; babies thrown in air & caught on samurai swords; bury people up to their necks, pour honey on them, & sick dogs on victims

a. Violates Open Door Policy - (vowed not to colonize)

b. US est. oil embargo (refuse to trade)

c. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor i. December 7, 1941 – “A date which will live in

infamy”

ii. 2,400 Americans killed, 1,200 wounded, 300 planes damaged… in less than 1 hour

US US DECLARES DECLARES

WAR!WAR!

Pearl Harbor

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