FDR ALPHABET AGENCIES The New Deal and its Legacy

FDR Won in a landslide victory in 1932 election vs. Hoover When inaugurated unemployment had increased by 7 million. Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of pop. Unemployed Instated NEW DEAL

FDR By 1933 – 13 million Americans unemployed  Wanted to get America back working with a “Bottom-Up” approach “Fireside Chats”  Gain support for New Deal

First 100 Days March 6, 1933 – Bank Holidays Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – FDIC National Industrial Recovery Act – 1933 National Recovery Administration Securities and Exchange Commission -SEC -1934

First 100 Days Public Works Administration – PWA Agricultural Adjustment Act – AAA Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA Federal Housing Administration – FHA Civilian Conservation Corps – CCC Federal Emergency Relief Administration - FERA

Critics of the NEW DEAL Robert La Follette Dr. Francis Townsend Huey Long American Liberty League

The Second 100 Days Emergency Relief Appropriation – 1935 Rural Electrification Administration REA 1935 Works Progress Administration – WPA Social Security Act National Youth Administration - NYA

Labor American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organization