FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTSTHE NEW DEAL1933-1945
Fireside Chats
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Standard 11.6

• Students analyze the different explanations for
  the Great Depression and how the New Deal
  fundamentally changed the role of the federal
  government.

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The Presidential Election of 1932

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover
• FDRs slogan-Happy Days are Here Again
• FDR had a New Deal for the American people
• 25 unemployment and 10 million lost jobs
• Banks collapsed and the Dust Bowl affected the
  farmers
• FDR would restore the economy

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The beginning of the New Deal

• FDR closed the banks gave them a holiday. He
  didnt want people to withdraw their money
• He passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act to
  balance the budget.
• The National Industrial Recovery Administration
  (1933) provided money for public works. The
  government monitored big business and labor.
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1933)
  provided grants for unemployed.

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The beginning of the New Deal

• Agricultural Adjustment Act raised market prices
  for crops and livestock. Farmers destroyed the
  surplus of crops.
• Tennessee Valley Authority built dams that
  provided electricity for the poorest communities.
• FDR was successful in the 1st 100 days because
  Congress worked with him.

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The beginning of the New Deal

• One Hundred Days- passed many laws to stimulate
  the economy.
• Fireside Chats-Communicated with public and
  reassured people that the economy would recover.

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President Roosevelts New Deal

• Relief, Recovery and Reform-helped control the
  depression, and prevent a future depression
• Public Works Administration-gave out contracts
  for public works to stimulate economy
• Federal Reserve Bank-money is insured. supervise
  banks, an agent for the Federal government, and
  promote a healthily economy

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NEW DEALPROGRAMS LAWS

• Federal Emergency Relief Act( 1933)- provided
  grants for the poor
• National Labor Relations Act (1935)-Guarantee
  workers the right to organize and bargain
• Social Security Act (1935)-protect workers with
  insurance for unemployment and old age
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)- provide work
  for the single, unemployment men.

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NEW DEAL PROGRAMS LAWS

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-
  protect depositors in case of bank failure
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-protect
  investors and regulate the stock exchange.
• United States Housing Authority (USHA)- lend
  money to local cities for low cost housing

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The power of unions

• The Wagner Act improved working conditions and
  rights of workers.
• The unions increased their bargaining power.
• The union power expanded to auto workers
• Bargaining tacticsit-down- workers would go to
  work but would sit down and not work.

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Critics of the New Deal

• African-Americans didnt believe that they
  received very much from the New Deal.
• Conservatives thought that the policies were too
  socialistic.
• Some thought that farms were wasting food.
• Dr. Francis E. Townsend believed that elderly
  werent being protected.

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Critics of the New Deal

• Huey Long believed that businesses werent
  sharing the wealth. Every man was king.
• Father Charles E. Coughlin views were fascist and
  Anti-Semitic and anti- business.

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The legacy of the New Deal

• The policies like Social Security still impact
  our society.
• FDR wanted to pack the Supreme Court with people
  who supported the New Deal. His actions were
  ruled unconstitutional.
• FDR reshaped the way the Executive Branch is
  run.( the use of a cabinet advisors)
• He centralized the power of the president.

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The legacy of the New Deal

• Mary McLeod Bethume headed the National Youth
  Administration.
• He appointed the first woman to a cabinet
  position Secretary of Labor-Frances Perkins
• The economy didnt improve quickly, but it gave
  people hope.