What words come to mind when you see this photograph? What do you notice in the picture? How does this picture make you feel?

Began in 1929 Many Causes Affected Millions of People in the U.S.A. And around the world Created a need for Federal Programs Ended with the start of World War II

Why did people need federal programs? Out of work Homeless Starving In need of Clothing Lacking Education A basic breakdown in society was occurring and many people felt the government needed to step in and do something.

Economic Cycle Unemployed Can not afford to buy products Companies go out of business Unemployed Can not pay for Items taken on credit Companies can not produce more product No product to make no need for employees

Barboursville, W. Va. August, 23, Dear President & Wife; This is the first time I or Any of my people wrote Any president. And I am here to ask you for $8.oo to get me a winter coat. This may seem very strange for a girl 12 years old to do but my father is a poor honest working Laundry man and he works on a percentage a week we have 10 in our family … As little as I am I know just as much about depression as a grown person. I'm 12 years old and am in the 8th grade curly hair Brunette & brown eyes & fair complexion & weigh 76 lbs. Hoping to hear from you soon I remain your true Democrat J. A. G. P.S We would have loved if Mrs. Roosevelt when she was visiting Logan to come around to our small town she was only about 60 miles from here.

The Government Responded! The New Deal

“Throughout the nation men and women, forgotten in the political philosophy of Government, look to us here for guidance and for more equitable opportunity to share in the distribution of national wealth…I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. This is more than a political campaign.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt

Countless Programs “Alphabet Soup” Happened within the first 100 days FDR was in office. Many were abolished; however, some are still in play today. The New Deal

WPA - Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration was created in As the largest New Deal Agency, the WPA impacted millions of Americans. It provided jobs across the nation. Because of it, numerous roads, buildings, and other projects were completed. It was renamed the Works Projects Administration in It officially ended in 1943.

The New Deal HOLC - Home Owner's Loan Corporation The Home Owner's Loan Corporation was created in 1933 to assist in the refinancing of homes. The housing crisis created a great many foreclosures, and Franklin Roosevelt hoped this new agency would stem the tide. In fact, between 1933 and 1935 one million people received long term loans through the agency that saved their homes from foreclosure.

The New Deal SSA - Social Security Act This act established a system that provided old-age pensions for workers, survivors benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind and physically disabled. Although the original SSA did not cover farm and domestic workers, it did help millions of Americans feel more secure

Many people were for the New Deal... However, some people were not! Government becoming too involved –“Presidential Dictatorship” – Former President Herbert Hoover Spending too much government money Insulting to American’s Pride Is it Communism or Fascism? –Mussolini commented to the New York Times News paper: “Your plan for coordination of industry follows precisely our lines of cooperation.” This was a form of praise from the dictator for how much the New Deal followed his own economic program.

Now list one reason you believe the New Deal was good for the United States. Then list one reason that you believe it was not good.

Interview with John Takman “ I saw the misery all around me. Thousands, tens of thousands of people evicted from their apartments -- whole families. And old people sitting in rocking chairs and chairs on the sidewalk, nowhere to go, no food.... They could starve to death because there was no social security, there was no unemployment insurance, there was nothing.”