PPT-FDR and the New Deal

After becoming president Franklin Delano Roosevelt uses government programs to combat the Depression LEARNING GOAL I will learn what programs FDR instituted to combat the Depression Americans Get a 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?. 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.. 1935-1939. OBJECTIVES. Discuss the programs of social and economic reforms in the second New Deal.. Explain how New Deal legislation affected the growth of organized labor.. Describe the impact of Roosevelt’s court-packing plan on the course of the New Deal.. By 1932, Herbert Hoover was practically unelectable. *FDR = Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Unemployment = 25%. Massive Bank Failures. National Income 50% of 1929 levels. Hoover offered little relief for the many Americans in need. Tens of thousands . of businesses failed . and unemployment rose to 25%. The American banking system collapsed . Hoover initially relied on rugged individualism but offered relief checks and job programs, . Reeling from the economic downturn and angry about President Hoover’s refusal to use the government to relieve the suffering of the people many Americans looked to the upcoming Presidential election in 1932 as a way to change their circumstances. . The Election of 1932. As the . election of 1932. neared, unemployment and poverty brought dissent of President Hoover and a demand for a change in policy.  The Republicans nominated . Herbert Hoover. ’. s . “. New Deal. ”. provide relief, recovery, & reform during the Great Depression?. Warm-Up Question. :. ?. Hoover & the Depression. From 1929 to 1932, President Hoover was criticized for not doing more to . Chapter 33. 1933-1939. Introduction. Voters were in an ugly mood as the presidential campaign of 1932 neared.. Hoover, sick at heart over the Depression, was re-nominated by the Republican convention in Chicago without great enthusiasm.. Introduction. As the presidential election neared in 1932 there were 11 million people still unemployed and their families sank ever deeper into the pit of poverty. . Hoover was renominated. , but not a lot of enthusiasm surrounded him. While a rising star of the democrats was Franklin Delano . Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt. The Election of 1932—A New Deal. FDR builds hope for Americans. Key programs of the New Deal. Effects of the New Deal. Forgotten Americans. Critics of the New Deal. 1929-1939. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gplaqa2yRgg. Stock market. Bull market 1920’s----Dow Jones 1924=180, 1929=381 1932=41. Buying on Margin…..5%. Banks and businesses financed brokers who facilitated risky buys. A . NEW DEAL FIGHTS THE DEPRESSION. The 1932 presidential election showed that Americans were clearly ready for a change. Republicans re-nominated Hoover despite his low approval rating. The Democrats nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR. Born in 1882, 5. th. cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. In 1921 he contracted polio and lost the use of his legs. (Paralytic Illness). Promised Americans a “New Deal” in 1932 but was vague on the details.