US History Essential Question What was the New Deal and how did it change American society Main Idea The New Deal was President Franklin D Roosevelts plan for overcoming the Great Depression His plan gave government jobs to the unemployed and increased government regulation of the econ ID: 791042
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U3C12 The New Deal1933-1940
U.S. History
Slide2Essential QuestionWhat was the New Deal and how did it change American society?
Slide3Main IdeaThe New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan for overcoming the Great Depression. His plan gave government jobs to the unemployed and increased government regulation of the economy. Although New Deal programs achieved varied levels of success, they did represent a basic change in American society.
Slide41. Launching the New Deal: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)1910: New York State Senator1913: Assistant Secretary of the Navy1921: contracted polio, wife Eleanor helped return to public service
1928: Governor of New York during early years of Depression
1932: President (Democrat)
Slide5The Election of 1932Roosevelt criticized Hoover for not doing enough for Depression victims, but at the same time criticized him for spending too much moneyRoosevelt emphasized public works programs to provide jobsRoosevelt received over 57% of popular vote, swept all but 6 states in electoral voteDemocrats took control of Congress, gaining 90 seats in house, and 13 in senate
Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9A Political PartnershipRoosevelt related well to the American people through his charismatic “fireside chats” over the radio, and because he had overcome his disabilityEleanor became his eyes and ears, and gained the people’s affection as well through her “My Day” newspaper articles
Slide10Eleanor Rooseveltorphaned at the age of 10labored for charities, traveled the world making speeches, and spoke for women’s rights and against racial discriminationserved as delegate to the United Nations, chaired President John F. Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women
Slide11Roosevelt Inauguration“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
Slide12Slide13Roosevelt Takes ActionTwo days after inauguration, closed all banks, had an emergency session of Congress pass the Emergency Banking Act, giving the government power to examine them, people then began to trust their money in banks1933: Glass-Steagall Act created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)The Hundred Days: Banking was beginning of Roosevelt’s program called the “New Deal”
Slide14The New Dealphrase came from a campaign speech in which Roosevelt promised “a new deal for the American people.”wide range of measure to accomplish 3 goals: relief for those suffering the effects of the Great Depression, recovery
of the depressed economy,
reforms
that would help help prevent serious economic crises in the future
Slide15More New DealCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC): planting trees/improving parksAgricultural Adjustment Act (AAA): subsidy for growing less cropsNational Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA): businesses working together to set prices and productionFederal Securities Act: major reform effort to share financial info with public
Public Works Administration (PWA): new agency managing public works programs
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): government watchdog over stock markets
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): ambitious program that built dams in Tennessee R.V.
Slide16Beyond the Hundred DaysCivil Works Administration (CWA): Nov. 1933-built highways, sewer lines, airports; created 4 million jobs1934: Indian Reorganization Act- limited the sale of Indian lands and provided assistance to native groups
Slide17Trouble for the New Dealnever before had government held such a central role in people’s livesCritics of the New Deal: Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana thought Roosevelt’s policies were too friendly to banks and businessesFather Charles Coughlin: thought Roosevelt was not tough enough on bankersDr. Francis Townsend: criticized New Deal for not doing enough for older Americans
Parts of the New Deal found unconstitutional:
Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
destroyed parts of NIRA
United States v. Butler:
tax for subsidies unconstitutional
Slide182. The Second New Deal: The Second Hundred DaysSecond Hundred Days-spring of 1935, laws extended government oversight of the banking industry, raised taxes for wealthy, funding new relief programsSecond New Deal was a shift from Roosevelt’s earlier programs, towards work relief rather than just direct aidEmergency Relief Appropriations Act largely did away with direct payments to Americans in needWorks Progress Administration (WPA) (1935) largest peacetime jobs program in U.S. history, employed 8.5 million on all kinds of public-works projects, cost $11 billion. Built roads, subways, airports, zoos (Jackson Pollack), employed nearly 25% of unemployed
Social Security-August 1935
Slide19Reviving Organized LaborWagner Act, AKA National Labor Relations Act, established new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)Unions: American Federation of Labor (AFL), John L. Lewis split away and organized the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) later changed to Congress of Industrial OrganizationsGM Sit Down Strike: Dec. 1936-United Auto Workers part of CIO, 6 week strike major victory for labor and CIO
Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26Slide27The Election of 1936Rural electricity: Rural Electrification Act: Roosevelt signed in 1936 empowering the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to provide electricity to rural areas, homes with power rose from 10% to 90% in a decadeAmericans re-elect Roosevelt in 1936: unemployment cut in half in first term; African Americans shifted from Republican, party of Lincoln, to Democrat during this election, a shift that continues today
Slide28Slide29Slide30A Troubled YearThe court-packing plan: Roosevelt wanted to pack the supreme court with 6 more justices to move his New Deal programs forward; Congress debated for much of 1937, many in president’s party deserted him; Roosevelt lost the battle.Moving forward: Farm Tenancy Act aided poor sharecroppers. March 1937 court upheld minimum wage law in Washington State, signaling a new willingness to let legislatures regulate the economy; in May court declared Social Security constitutional. Recovery in doubt: fall 1937 stock market dropped, 2 million lost jobs, hurting economy; Roosevelt feared providing aid would create a deficit; new theory by British economist John Maynard Keynes was embraced-that deficit spending could stimulate economy, led to recovery in summer of 1938, but positive feelings about Roosevelt and New Deal beginning to fade.
Slide313. Life during the New Deal: New Roles for Women and African AmericansWomen in the New Deal: Roosevelt was ahead of his time-Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, first woman to head an executive department; Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan minister to Denmark; women still faced challenges with pay, jobs.African Americans in the New Deal: William Hastie appointed first black federal judge in U.S. history; Black Cabinet unofficial advisors to president; southern democrats resisted aiding blacks, Roosevelt needed their votes for New Deal programs
Slide32Telling the Story of the DepressionThe work of Dorothea Lange: photographer, celebrated chronicler of the Great Depression, provided relief for farm workersAgee, Evans, and Famous Men: writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans depicted lives of sharecroppers in lower south
Slide33Slide34Slide35Slide36Slide37Popular Entertainment in the 1930sMovies: very popular during depression, 5,000 movie made, about 75% went to the movies each week; most movies featured glamour rather than reality of times.Radio: very important to keep Americans connected; Roosevelt’s ”fireside chats”, 1938 Orson Wells’ The War of the Worlds; swing music, a form of jazz, swept the country.
Sports in the 1930s: very popular, baseball-Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig boxing-Joe Louis
Slide384. Analyzing the New DealNew Deal had mixed resultsMany received financial relief from programs enacted in 1933 &1938Social Security and unemployment insurance became fixtures of governmentNew Deal less successful in economic recovery, many claim Roosevelt’s policies hurt business confidence and slowed recovery.
Reforms were long lasting: FDIC, roads, public buildings
Government grew
New Deal ended in 1938 due to economic downturn of 1937-1938 and court-packing
1938: Fair Labor Standards Act-minimum wage law
1939-1940: factories geared up to sell supplies to those fighting in WWII, ending the Great Depression.