Larry JacobsPaul Robeson High SchoolBrooklyn, New York

Steps of the AHPPAStep 1: Identify ProblemStep 2: Gather the EvidenceStep 3: Determine CausesStep 4: Evaluate the Policy

Overproduction of consumer goods and farms

Speculation in the Stock MarketEZ credit!Unregulated Banks, Businesses: LAISSEZ FAIRE Government Stock Market Crash- 1929

THE PEOPLE NEED RELIEF Immediate actions included:

JOBS!CCC- (Civilian Conservation Corps)WPA- (Works Progress Admin.)PWA- (Public Works Admin.)TVA- (Tennesee Valley Authority)

The TVA ALSO provided electricity to some of the poorest regions of

the U.S.

THE PEOPLE NEED RELIEF

Immediate actions included:

JOBS!CCC- (Civilian Conservation Corps)

THE PEOPLE NEED RELIEF

Immediate actions included:

JOBS!WPA- (Works Progress Admin.)PWA- (Public Works Admin.)

“If we limit production, demand and value of products would increase!”

*AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)- gov’t FORCES farms to limit production

*NIRA (Nat’l Industrial Recovery Act)- gov’t FORCES industry to limit production

*Unfortunately the Supreme Court ruled these 2 acts unconstitutional (Remember judicial review?)

(Could FDR ‘get over’ on the Supreme Court?)

He asked Congress to let him increase the number of judges (by adding judges sympathetic to his New Deal programs.)

FDR’s Court Packing problem: CONGRESS SAID “NO”!

Social Security! Protects the elderly, no longer working

FDIC! Insures your savings

SEC! Attempts to keep the stock market free of fraud, manipulation, and volatility

Some say he was“POWER HUNGRY!”

Some say “He increased the size of the government’s power! He was a dictator!”

BUT..Most people who lived through it seem to believe….“FDR did what he had to do. Made some unwise choices but did all he could to help the common citizen!”.

Evaluating historical policiesDate: Name:

Your problem (phrase):

1. State one of the major historical policies that attempted to deal with the social problem:

2. What were the advantages of this policy (consider effectiveness, intended and unintended consequences, costs, enforcement, public acceptance):

3. What were the disadvantages of this policy? (consider effectiveness, intended and unintended consequences costs, enforcement, public acceptance):

4. Based on your evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages, should a different policy have been implemented? Explain.