The New Deal

Ch 23The New DealAKS47a - explain the significance of "The Hundred Days", the bank holiday, and Roosevelt's fireside chats47b - identify New Deal programs such as the WPA, CCC, FDIC, and SEC47c - describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment47d - explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism47e - explain the passage of the Social Security Act as part of the second New Deal47f - identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women's activism47g - identify the political challenges to Roosevelt's domestic and international leadership, including the role of Huey Long, the "court packing bill", and the Neutrality Act

EQWhat was FDRs response to the Great Depression?What were some of the key programs?What was their effect?Franklin Delano Roosevelt32nd PresidentDemocratGov. of New YorkAffected by polioFirst Lady: Eleanor Roosevelt (5th cousin; niece of Teddy Roosevelt)Ranked one of the top POTUS

The Hundred DaysFDR launches Hundred Days; passes over 15 major New Deal laws Emergency Banking Relief Act permits Treasury Dept. to inspect banksdecides which are insolvent, sound, or need loanspublic confidence in banks revivesFireside Chatshttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html

Fireside ChatWhat is FDRs tone?Who does he say his explanation will benefit?What happens when you deposit money into a bank?What does FDR not promise?What does FDR say are the essentials for success?Regulating Banking and FinanceGlass-Steagall Act establishes Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)insures individual bank accounts, regulates banking practicesFederal Securities Actcompanies must give all information on stocksSecurities and Exchange Commission created to regulate stock market21st Amendment repeals prohibition by end of 1933

OppositionDeficit spendingspending more money thanSupreme Court strikes down NIRA, AAA as unconstitutionalFDR proposes Court-packing bill; Congress, press protestStarting in 1937, justices retire; FDR appoints seven new ones

Activity - Choose a one of the following New Deal Programs and create a poster advertising it to America!

TVACCCAAAFDICSocial SecuritySECWPANIRANational Youth AdministrationWagner ActNLRBFederal Banking Relief ActFederal Securities ActGlass SteagallFHAEleanor RooseveltFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a social reformer, prods presidenthttp://www.5min.com/Video/Eleanor-Roosevelt-Biography-119820641

More New Deal ProgressFrances Perkins, secretary of labor, is first female cabinet memberFDR appoints more than 100 African Americans to governmentMrs. Roosevelt plays key roleEducator Mary McLeod Bethune heads Division of Negro Affairs of NYAHelps organize Black Cabinet of African-American advisers

Marian AndersonDaughters of American Revolution refuse Marian Anderson concertMrs. Roosevelt resigns; arranges for Lincoln Memorial concert

With an elbow partner.Summarize how the New Deal programs led to progress that can still be see today.