1. Finally Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 Finish Home Groups
Take your seat
Take out your New Deal Programs Chart
Today’s Agenda
Finish Home Groups
Wrap up New Deal Programs
Homework:
Copy FN: “The Second New Deal”

2. New Deal Programs Wrap Up
In your notebook on the page that you are going to tape this into answer the following questions in 5-8 sentences
How did the programs of the New Deal begin solving the problems of the Great Depression ?
Which two programs do you feel were the best ideas that FDR and his Brain Trust had in dealing with the Great Depression? Why?

3. 11.6.2, 11.6.5 EQ: What major issues did the Second New Deal address?

4. 1936 D Franklin Roosevelt 27,752,869 523 R Alfred M. Landon 16,674,665
531 D
Franklin Roosevelt
27,752,869
523 R
Alfred M. Landon
16,674,665 8 U
William Lemke
882,479 --
What does this suggest about the way Americans felt about how FDR was handling the New Deal?

5. Second New Deal (1935 – 1938) Works Projects Administration (WPA)
Harry Hopkins spent $11 billion to provide 8 million jobs
economist John Maynard Keynes argued the government should spend money to end the depression
the WPA focused on big projects but also funded art and music
650,000 miles of roads
78,000 bridges
125,000 buildings
presented 225,000 concerts for 150 million+
commissioned almost 475,000 works of art
wages varied from $19-94/month

6. Second New Deal (1935 – 1938) Central Valley Project
created series of dams and canals for N. California
provides water, electricity and recreation for millions in CA
3,000,000 acres of irrigated land
$300 billion revenue, as of about 2000
7 million acre feet of water annually
electricity for 2 million Californians

7. Second New Deal (1935 – 1938) Bonneville Dam
major dam on the Columbia River

8. Second New Deal (1935 – 1938) Social Security, 1935
new tax on income to raise money for old-age pensions
money also given to the unemployed and the disabled
some groups like farmers and homemakers were excluded
the program has been expanded over the years and still exists today
Medicare and Medicaid

9. Organized Labor and the New Deal
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
created to look into workers’ complaints
Wagner Act, 1935
recognized the right of unions to collectively bargain on issues such as wages, hours, and benefits
Minimum Wage
originally set at 25c with a maximum 44 hour work week
Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 also finally outlawed child labor

10. Organized Labor and the New Deal
AFL-CIO,
John L. Lewis led negotiations with big companies like General Motors
used sit-down strike to avoid violence
union membership rose dramatically

11. Controversies from the New Deal
Court Packing, 1937
several New Deal programs were thrown out by the Supreme Court
FDR wanted to appoint 6 new judges so they would support him
public opinion turned against him and he dropped the idea
FDR will eventually appoint 8 justices due to retirements and old age

12. Controversies from the New Deal
Government Regulation of the Economy
laissez-faire was gone forever
the government today regulates or influences almost every aspect of the economy
interest rates, money supply, business mergers,
FDR’s supporters said he saved capitalism from itself

13. Controversies from the New Deal
Welfare State
government is responsible for the welfare of the children, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor
since the New Deal, debate has been not whether the gov should help but how
Deficit Spending
under FDR the government spent more than it had
this created a national debt

14. Controversies from the New Deal
FDR Increased the Power of Presidency
elected 4 times ending the two-term tradition
the 22nd amendment made two terms the limit
used the media to get support for his ideas
took control of the economy
created many new programs run by the bureaucracy which worked for the President
Social Security, SEC, WPA
raised expectations of the presidency

17. Answers:
1. C
2. A

18. Essential Question – 1 paragraph, SUTW
What major issues did the Second New Deal address?