1933 - 1940 the new deal. drq 12.1 create a t-chart and list 3 causes and 3 effects of the stock...
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1933 - 1940
The New Deal
DRQ 12.1
CREATE A T-CHART AND LIST 3 CAUSES AND 3 EFFECTS OF THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929
Lecture 12.1“Launching the New Deal”
A. The Election of 1932
Roosevelt’s Rise 1921 - polio NY Gov. - direct relief program
The 1932 Campaign FDR promised jobs FDR attacked Hoover
A Landslide Victory FDR won easily Democrats win Congress
B. A Political Partnership
Roosevelt’s popularity strength and personality fireside chats
Roosevelt’s philosophy Government should provide for
people
Eleanor Roosevelt wife was his eyes and ears changed the role of the First Lady worked for social issues people wrote her letters for help
C. Roosevelt Takes Action
The Banking Crisis FDR announces “bank holiday” Emergency Banking Act Glass-Steagall Act & FDIC
The Hundred Days many New Deal reforms passed The New Deal’s three goals:
relief, recovery, reforms Civilian Conservation Corps Agricultural Adjustment Act National Industrial Recovery Act Public Works Administration Securities/Exchange Commission Tennessee Valley Authority
D. Trouble for the New Deal
A New Relationship government and the people Radical/Conservative criticism
Leading Critics Huey Long - Share Our Wealth Father Charles Coughlin Dr. Francis Townsend The American Liberty League
Opposition from the Courts FDR creating too much power Supreme Court challenges
programs
DRQ 12.2
LIST 5 NEW DEAL PROGRAMS PASSED DURING FDR’S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS IN OFFICE
Lecture 12.2 “The Second New Deal”
E. The Second Hundred Days
1934 midterm elections Democrats win more seats Second New Deal
Emergency Relief FDR halts direct relief programs encouraged work for pay Works Progress Administration
largest peacetime jobs program
Social Security Act pension and unemployment
F. Reviving Organized Labor
NIRA - power to labor unions Wagner Act
National Labor Relations Board
The CIO is Born AFL - no unskilled workers John L. Lewis - UMW Congress of Industrial Workers
The GM Sit-Down Strike sit-down strike becomes effective GM recognized the union union membership growing
G. The Election of 1936
Rural Electricity Rural Electrification
Administration provided electricity to rural homes
Americans Re-elect FDR FDR - success/accomplishment FDR won re-election easily Democrats gained more seats
H. A Troubled Year
The Court Packing Plan FDR’s reorganization plan Critics - FDR trying to “pack”
the courts
Moving Forward The Farm Tenancy Act Supreme Court issues favorable
decisions
Recovery in Doubt 1937 - FDR spends more money The deficit grew each year John Maynard Keynes - British
economist believed in deficit spending
DRQ 12.3
WHY WAS FDR CRITICIZED FOR “GOING TOO FAR” DURING THE SECOND TERM OF HIS PRESIDENCY?
Lecture 12.3 “Life During the New Deal”
I. New Roles for Women and African Americans
Women in the New Deal Frances Perkins
first female Sec. of Labor. FDR appointed more women than
other presidents Discrimination still a problem
African Americans The Black Cabinet Mary McLeod Bethune
director of Negro Affairs in NYA discrimination still a problem
J. Telling the Story of the Depression
The Work of Dorothea Lange photographer - chronicled
hardships of the Depression brought attention to rural poor
Agee, Evans, and Famous Men
Writer and photographer depicted lives of sharecroppers Let Us Now Praise Famous
Men
K. Popular Entertainment of the 1930’s
Movies 80 million attend each week Charlie Chaplin/Marx Brothers Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz Disney’s Snow White
Radio variety of news/entertainment The Lone Ranger The War of the Worlds Jazz - Louis Armstrong Swing music
Benny Goodman/Duke Ellington
L. Sports in the 1930’s
Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio Lou Gehrig’s announcement Babe Zaharias
multisport female star
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling famous boxing match
DRQ 12.4
CREATE A T-CHART AND LIST AT LEAST 3 POPULAR MOVIES AND 3 SPORTS STARS FROM THE 1930’S
Lecture 12.4 “Analyzing the New Deal”
M. The Impact of the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, and Reform Many people had some relief
direct relief government programs
No lasting economic recovery 1939 - 10 mil. people unemployed
Reforms more successful FDIC - confidence in banks SEC - regulates stock market WPA - lasting works projects
Changing Relationships people and government larger/more involved government
N. Limits of the New Deal
Relief programs - temporary 4.7 million people went unserved pay low - encourage people to find
better jobs
Level of assistance varied by state
Massachusetts = $60/child. Arkansas = $8/child.
Programs also fostered discrimination against women and minorities
O. End of the New Deal
Weakening Support Anti-New Deal senators attempts to reorganize presidency 1938 – Fair Labor standards Act
established a minimum wage
The 1938 Elections FDR handpicked candidates FDR’s efforts failed
incumbent candidates re-elected
After the New Deal FDR lost some support could not pass additional programs Attention turned to conflict in Europe