FDR and the New Deal

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FDR and the New Deal
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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FDRs Response to Great Depression

• 1. willing to try something to help economy
• 2. gathered Brain Trust for advice
• 3. focus on 3 Rs in legislation
• ? relief (aids people directly, like jobs)
• recovery (supports/ help industries)
• reform (creates new laws to fix problems)

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"New Deal" Relief
FDR announces his New Deal
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1. Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)

• gave jobs to young men, conserved natural
• resources

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Digging Ditches in Montana
Illinois CCC advertisement
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Pillow created to honor the CCC
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2. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
(FERA)

• direct relief was given to states to help
  families

FERA distributes clothing In Tennessee
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3. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• put people to work building public buildings
• and roads
• also hired artists writers

WPA workers creating a flood Control dike in
Arkansas
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WPA advertisement to aid women
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WPA helped artists, like Diego, create murals
and continue his or her craft
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"New Deal" Recovery
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1. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• helped the valley by controlling floods and
• making cheap hydroelectric power

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TVA workers working on a dam control building
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2. National Recovery Administration (NRA)

• set industry codes for production, wages,
• prices working conditions

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3. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• farmers paid not to grow crops to prevent
• surpluses

Texas farmers Receive AAA check
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Still the Issue of the Dust Bowl for some
farmers .

• CCC helped somewhat with windbreaks
• WPA helped somewhat with irrigation and dam
  projects

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Dust
Drought
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"New Deal" Reform
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1. Emergency Banking Act

• only stable banks were allowed to reopen from
• the bank holiday

FDR passes in four hours without written bill!
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2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)

• insured savings accounts in govt approved
• banks

Logo banks display today for FDIC today
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3. Social Security Act

• pensions for elderly, unemployment insurance,
  welfare

FDR signs SSA
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Supporters of the New Deal
1. stretched Constitution to fit needs of time 2.
offered immediate assistance to needy 3. helped
fix problems that led to depression 4. increased
optimism 5. allowed Unions to organize
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Critics of the New Deal

• 1. seen as socialistic
• 2. Unconstitutional
• 3. went against American self-reliance
• 4. saw FDR a dictator
• raised national debt
• didnt end Great Depression

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