1. The Last Days of the New Deal  Explain what caused the recession of 1937.  Identify why labor unions were successful during the New Deal.  Explain the effects the New Deal had on culture.  Identify the lasting effects of the New Deal.

2. The Recession of 1937  What was partly to blame?  What was President Roosevelt distressed about? What did he do?  Why was the result predictable?

3. Taxes up production down  FDR feared the rising national debt due to deficit spending (spending more money than the government has). FDR cuts back on government spending. Taxes raised on those who are employed.

4. Looking back on the New Deal  US Debt – YEARS of deficits add up.

5. Unions Triumph John L. Lewis became the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the CIO. The aim of this coalition of industrial unions was to challenge conditions in industry, and their main tool was the strike.

6. In the late 1930s, movies Adeclined in importance as other art forms got more attention. Balmost always focused on the harsh realities of the Depression. Clost money because most people could not afford to go see them. Doften provided temporary escape for struggling Americans.

7. The New Deal ’ s Affect on Culture  Federal funds given to support the arts.  Literature The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck Their Eyes Were Watching God – Nora Neale Hurston Let Us Now Praise Famous Men – Agee and Evans

8. The New Deal ’ s Effects on Culture  Radio and Movies Comedies on Radio –Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen Soap Operas –15 minute dramas meant to create emotional responses in listeners. –Housewives were the target audience.

9. The New Deal ’ s Effects on Culture  Hollywood movies showed common people who triumphed over evil. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Wizard of Oz  Zany comedies Marx Brothers  Disney animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Mickey Mouse

10. What New Deal program employed a large number of artists and writers? ANational Recovery Administration (NRA) BAgriculture Adjustment Act (AAA) CWorks Progress Administration (WPA) DPublic Works Administration (PWA)

11. The WPA and the Arts  FDR said arts were not luxuries that people should have to give up in hard times.  WPA: Funded unemployed artists, musicians, historians, theater people and writers.

12. The WPA and the Arts  Historians wrote state guidebooks and collected life stories of immigrants, former slaves, etc.

13. The WPA and the Arts  Sent musicians and actors out to visit the remote areas of the country and perform.  Sent musicians out to start community symphonies and give free music lessons.  Collected American folk music.

14. The WPA and the Arts  Thousands of artists went to work painting 2,000 murals in mostly public buildings.  100,000 paintings  17,000 sculptures  Photographs of people in the Depression.

15. What did the New Deal Leave Behind?  FDIC monitors banks  TVA model of government planning providing jobs, power, flood control and recreation.  SEC monitors the Stock Market and businesses.

16. What did the New Deal Leave Behind?  Social Security

17. All of the following were legacies of the New Deal except Agovernment support of the arts. Braising the national debt. Cthe increase of labor unions. Dstate-controlled farms.

18. Pair Share Did the New Deal end the Great Depression?

19. What caused the recession of 1937?

20. How did the New Deal help labor unions?