1. Chapter 15

2.  Democrats win Presidency, Senate, and House  Franklin Delano Roosevelt Reform minded Friendly Confident Forms Brain Trust  refers to the group of academic advisers that FDR gathered to assist him during the 1932 presidential campaign  develop an economic plan whose programs became the backbone of the New Deal

3.  Relief for needy, economic recovery, financial reform  RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM

4.  Passes over 15 major New Deal laws  Emergency Banking Relief Act Treasury Department allowed to inspect banks  Decides which are insolvent, sound or need loans  PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN BANKS REVIVED  Fireside Chats Radio talks explaining New Deal measures 1 st chat discussed need for public support in government and banks

5.  Glass-Steagall Act Established Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation  Insures individual bank accounts, regulates banking practices  Federal Securities Act Companies must release all information on stocks

6.  Agricultural Adjustment Act, AAA Raises food prices Lowers supply  Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA Creates jobs renovating, building dams

7.  Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC Public work jobs for young men  Public Works Administration, PWA Money to states to create jobs  Civil Works Administration, CWA Builds rural schools, pays teachers

8.  Promoting Fair Practices National Industrial Recovery Act, NIRA  establishes codes for fair practices for industries  Creates National Recovery Administration  Sets standards, prices, limits production Food, Clothing, and Shelter  Home Owners Loan Corporation  Gives loans to prevent foreclosures  Federal Housing Administration  Gives loans for mortgages  Federal Emergency Relief Administration  Direct relief to needy

9.  Deficit Spending – funds New Deal Spending more money than government takes in  Liberals: New Deal does not do enough to help poor or fix economy  Conservatives: Socialism

10.  Strikes down many measures of New Deal as unconstitutional  FDR proposes “Court-packing bill” Congress/Press protest proposal in February 1937 to provide retirement at full pay for all members of the court over 70. If a justice refused to retire, have an "assistant" with full voting rights was to be appointed  Starting in 1937, justices start to retire, FDR appoints 7 new justices

11.  Father Charles Coughlin Wants guaranteed income, banks nationalized  Dr. Francis Townsend Pension plan for elderly  Huey Long Poised to run for president on his “Share Our Wealth” platform, Long was assassinated in 1935 at the age of 42 designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation’s wealth among the people

12.  SECOND HUNDRED DAYS By 1935, economic recovery not as great as FDR hoped Launches 2 nd phase: more relief for farmers, workers Eleanor Roosevelt, social reformer prods President

13.  Democrats win  First time majority of African-Americans vote Democrats  FDR supported by Labor Unions

14.  1936 - AAA replaced by Soil Conservation & Domestic Allotment Act Gives loan to small farms to buy land Farm Security Administration  Loans to tenant farmers to buy land

15.  Works Progress Administration, WPA Creates jobs on airports, roads, public buildings Women sew clothes for needy Employs professional writers, artists, performers  National Youth Administration, NYA Education, jobs, counseling for youth Gives aid to students in exchange for part time work

16.  Wagner Act, National Labor Relations Board Replaces NIRA Protects rights to join unions, collective bargaining Prohibits unfair labor practices  Fair Labor Standards Act Set maximum hours, minimum wage

17.  Insurance for retirees 65 and older  Unemployment compensation  Aid to disabled  Aid to families with children

18. Chapter 15 Section 3, 4, 5

19.  Women FDR names several women to government positions Frances Perkins –  1 st female cabinet member  Secretary of Labor NRA – set lower wage codes for women FERA and CWA – hired less women than men CCC – hired men only

20.  A Philip Randolph Organized 1 st all black trade union  Mary McLeod Bethune Headed Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration Organized “Black Cabinet” to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues  Eleanor Roosevelt – Civil Rights Activist  FDR – never fully committed to civil rights NRA, CCC, TVA – lower wages for blacks

21.  John Collier – Commissioner of Indian Affairs  Indian Reorganization Act – moved away from assimilation toward autonomy  Changes in three areas Economic Cultural Political

22. MEXICAN-AMERICANS LABOR UNIONS & URBAN AREAS  Migrant workers had no permanent address which disqualified them from government programs  Received lower wages than African-Americans  Put support behind FDR  Most religious groups supported FDR

23. GONE WITH THE WINDWAR OF THE WORLDS  1939  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc  1938  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

24. FEDERAL ART PROJECTAUTHORS  WPA paid artists to product public art Murals Teach  John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath

25.  1937 Economy had improved Most felt Depression was ending FDR scaled back programs to cut costs Didn’t want to continue deficit spending  1939 Great Depression is over