1. New Deal
Ms. Eraqi

2. RRR
RELIEF
REFORM
RECOVERY

3. THE FIRST 100 DAYS AMERICANS GET RELIEF CREATES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
CLOSES BANKS:
ESTABLISH FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company)
Ensured Savings accounts up to $100,000
Get Americans to trust banks again
AMERICANS GET RELIEF
CREATES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
Get money to the needy & low income families FAST!

4. FERA: Federal Emergency Relief Agency
ALPHABET SOUP
FERA: Federal Emergency Relief Agency
Sends federal money to local areas
CWA: Civil Works Administration
Provided jobs on public projects.

5. MORE ALPHABET SOUP THE FIRST 1OO DAYS
CCC: CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS
2.5 MILLION SINGLE MALES PUT TO WORK IN NATION’S FORESTS, BEACHES, ETC.

6. EVEN MORE ALPHABET SOUP
PWA: PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION
AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Administration
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority
WHAT DO THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

7. CRITICISM OF THE NEW DEAL
SUCCESS? OR
FAILURE?
Supreme Court thought FDR was gaining too much power
monarchy
UP AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT
NRA
AAA

8. A SECOND NEW DEAL MORE AGGRESSIVE MORE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS
STRICTER CONTROLS ON BUSINESS
STRONGER SUPPORT FOR UNIONS
HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH.
MORE ALPHABET SOUP: NEW AGENCIES TO ATTACK POVERTY AND CREATE JOBS AND HELP FARMERS.

9. NEW LAWS PASSED
WAGNER ACT WHICH LEADS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
NIRA: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT:
Regulates wages
Working conditions
Production & prices

10. IS EVERYBODY HAPPY NOW? NO: MANY PEOPLE CRITICISED ROOSEVELT
WHILE THE NEW DEAL HELPED SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MISERY, IT DID NOT END THE DEPRESSION
MANY PEOPLE
CRITICISED ROOSEVELT
AND HIS PROGRAMS

11. IT’S UNFAIR: WOMEN MINORITIES JOBS STILL FAVORED WHITE MALES
NO PROTECTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE
PROGRAMS TENDED TO REINFORCE RACISM ESPECIALLY IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.

12. POLITICAL RIGHT THE WEALTHY PROGRAMS ARE SOCIALISTIC
FEAR OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN LIVES WITH THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

13. POLITICAL LEFT: WANTED A REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
NEW DEAL: NOT RADICAL ENOUGH
STILL: UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
SOCIALISTS
HUEY LONG
FATHER
COUGHLIN

14. LASTING EFFECTS OF THE NEW DEAL: TODAY
PRESIDENCY
MORE ACTIVE ROLE
SOLVES PROBLEMS
MAKES PROGRAMS
LABOR UNIONS
NEW DEAL CHANGES RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UNION FOREVER.

15. CULTURE: TODAY THANKS TO THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS
SUPPORTS THE ARTS THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS
GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE PRODUCED: GRAPES OF WRATH, GONE WITH THE WIND, ETC.
ENTERTAINMENT: RADIO & MOVIES

16. BEFORE AND AFTER THE NEW DEAL
WOMEN AND MINORITIES NOT ALLOWED IN UNIONS .
NO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ALLOWED BY GOVERNMENT
AFTER :
JOBS WELCOME WORKERS REGARDLESS OF SEX OR RACE.
STRIKES:
FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE

17. WHAT’S LEFT TODAY OF FDR AND HIS NEW DEAL?
FDIC
SOCIAL SECURITY
GREAT PUBLIC WORKS MONUMENTS:
BRIDGES
DAMS
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SEWAGE SYSTEMS
HOSPITALS
CCC PROJECTS
TVA PROJECTS