PPT-Sec. 2: Roosevelt’s New Deal

President Franklin Roosevelt promised to take action to get America out of the Great Depression Key terms Hundred Days New Deal work relief subsidy Essential Questions How did Roosevelt try to restore the confidence of the American people. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. www.nps.gov/thro. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Junior Ranger Family Fun Day. !. Sunday August 1, . 2010. Objectives:. To trace the events of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. To show how Roosevelt used the power of his office to regulate business. To identify laws passed to protect citizens’ health and preserve the environment. FDR’s Administration. Election of 1932. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, second cousin to President Theodore Roosevelt, ran on the Democratic ticket in the election of 1932.. Herbert Hoover was nominated by the Republican party, as was tradition for an incumbent president, but his slow reaction to the Depression and actions towards the Bonus Army made him increasingly unpopular.. Unit 9. Causes of the Great Depression. Guiding Questions. What economic choices caused the economy to become unstable in the late 1920s?. How did the stock market crash trigger a chain of events that led to the Depression?. What was the economic impact of scaling back the New Deal? . What were the arguments of supporters and critics of the New Deal?. By Jesus Sevilla, Madison Stoll, Shelby Patrick. Why FDR did not launch a Third New Deal?. A promise made by Franklin D. Roosevelt to the American people, that he would bring change to the depression of America, as a result of economic collapse. The laissez-faire days were over.. “I . pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American . Introduction. Nearly 76 million Americans greeted the new century in 1900. Almost one in seven of them were foreign-born. The 20. th. century will bring in ethnically and racially mixed American people than before. These new crusaders will call themselves the Progressives. . Roosevelt’s Square Deal. When Roosevelt took office after the assassination of William McKinley, it was the worst nightmare for the Republican Party.. Roosevelt had previously served as governor of New York. . 2. The Main Idea. In 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president of a suffering nation. He quickly sought to address the country’s needs, with mixed results.. Reading Focus. What were the key events of the presidential election of 1932? . From 1929 to 1932, President Hoover was . criticized . for not doing more to end the depression. Tens of thousands . of businesses failed . and unemployment rose to 25%. The American banking system collapsed . Chapter 17 and 18. Causes of the Great Depression. Section 1. I Can Statements. Discuss the weaknesses in the economy of the 1920s.. Explain how the stock market crash contributed to the coming of the depression.. -. The Great Depression began in 1929 after the stock market crashed. Businesses closed, unemployment rose, and the economy suffered greatly. . . Hoover’s Policies Failed. President Hoover was viewed as not having done enough to slow down the effects of the Great Depression. . New Deal Agencies Hoover V. Roosevelt Finish the questions on the back of the worksheet from last time! Response: Hoover v. Roosevelt Hoover opposed the idea of using the government to provide welfare. Four months elapsed between the election and FDR taking office. Worked with his advisors, the Brain Trust, on new policies that came to collectively be called the New Deal. Policies focused on 3 goals.