Aim: Why did voters elect FDR

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Aim Why did voters elect FDR?

• Election of 1932
• Hoover Vs. Roosevelt
• REP. DEM.
• Many ppl. blamed Hoover for the depression.
• Roosevelt governor of NY helped provide aid to
  the ppl. especially farmers
• Roosevelt wins in a landslide

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• FDR helped the people during the Great Depression
  by his NEW DEAL plan. The New Deal Plan included
  the three Rs
• Relief
• Recovery
• Reforms

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Aim What are the programs of the New Deal?Do
Now Students will use Plan Label to answers
questions that follow a reading on photographers
during the Great Depression.
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• Fireside chats -radio speeches FDR gave while in
  office. Across the nation families gathered to
  listen FDR explained things clearly to the ppl.

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The Hundred Days
New Deal solution
Problem

• bank holiday- Roosevelt closed every bank in
  the country for eight days then only the banks
  that had enough money could reopen. FDIC

People did not feel that their money was safe in
the banks
Group Work Use p. 711-717 to complete notes
finish the T chart each pair will hand in one
sheet.
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• New Deal Solution
• CCC to conserve natural resources gave jobs to
  young people.
• FER gave to state agencies to help the
  unemployed
• WPA put the jobless to work in schools, parks
  hospitals
• TVA produced cheap electric power in seven states
• The Wagner Act (collective bargaining)
• Social Security Act set up a pensions system
  unemployment insurance

• Problem
• Young ppl. cant find work no open space
• Unemployment
• Electricity is very expensive
• Unfair management
• No unemployment insurance

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Aim Why was the New Deal a Turning Point in
History?Do Now Answer the Political cartoon on
the last page on your packet
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• There were many arguments against the New Deal
  because some felt the government should follow a
  hands off policy (laissez faire ) which may
  intrude into peoples lives. Some argued that the
  government was spending much more that it was
  taking in (deficit spending) which would lead to
  national debt ( or the money a government owes )

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Supporters of the New Deal stated that the
government must help the poor. They believed that
the government was necessary for public and
necessary to restore the nations economic health.
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Social Security Act

• Passed in 1935, provided some financial security
  for the elderly, the disabled, children the
  unemployed.

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Q What happened to the power of state
governments under FDR?
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Why did Roosevelt try to alter the Supreme Court?

• The Supreme Court issued a series of rulings
  declaring several New Deal programs
  unconstitutional
• Roosevelt proposed a plan that would allow his to
  appoint a new Supreme Court judge for every
  justice over 70.
• This would allow him to appoint six new justices
  control the Supreme Court
• Congress rejected the bill

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• Aim What was the Dust Bowl?
• Do Now Use Plan Label to complete questions 1
  2 on the Handout

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What happened during the Dust Bowl?

• Severe drought in the Great Plains
• High winds carried soil away in blinding dust
  storms
• Dust storms buried farmhouses, fences trees

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Okies Arkies

• Poor farmers were hit the hardest
• Migrant Workers -packed up all their belongings
  headed west going from place to place in search
  of work.

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Books Movies

• In the Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck told the
  story of poor farmers during the depression.
• During the depression movies told happy stories
  about family or people finding love.

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• Aim Have you been taking good notes?
• Do Now Use your knowledge of history your
  notes to complete three documents on the Great
  Depression the New Deal.