The Impact of the New Deal Section 5
How is the New Deal viewed today? Do you think the view would be different if we weren’t facing similar circumstances?
New Deal Reforms Endure By 1937 the economy had improved enough to convince Americans the Depression was ending. New Deal Reforms Endure
Pressure from Congress Scale back New Deal Programs Results: Industrial production dropped again Unemployment rose again in 1937 to 1938 Pressure from Congress
New Problems By 1939 the New Deal was effectively over New Pressures from Europe concerned Roosevelt New Problems
Expanding Government Role What was the role of the federal government under Roosevelt? What did that allow for? Expanding Government Role
Federal Agencies Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation (FDIC) What did it used to insure accounts up to? What do you think it insures accounts up to today? Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Did the New Deal end the Depression? If not, what did it provide? If so, how?
Protecting Workers Rights National Labor Relations Board Continues to act as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers Protecting Workers Rights
Government began accepting responsibility for providing assistance to needy members of society Old age insurance Unemployment compensation Aid to disabled and dependent children Social Security
Tennessee Valley Authority Harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley added to the national park system in the 1930s Established new wildlife refuges Set aside large wilderness areas http://www.tva.gov/sites/sites_ie.htm Tennessee Valley Authority Government sponsored strip-mining and coal burning Cause air, land, and water pollution Problems
Point/Counter Point Do Now
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Point-Counter Point Compare and Contrast: How did the New Deal SUCCEED? How did the New Deal FAIL? Point-Counter Point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnqto6sDtGI Obama and FDR (again!)
Federal Deficit and Unemployment
What Programs are Still Around FDIC SEC NLRB Social Security TVA Farmer Aid What Programs are Still Around
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