1. The New Deal

2. Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The 1932 presidential election was between President Hoover, the Republican nominee running for a second term, and FDR, the Democratic nominee.
FDR was previously the governor of New York, a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, and was also known for his reform policies and popularity among voters.
FDR won by an overwhelming victory, as did the Democratic party in Congress.
During the time in between the victory and his inaugeration, FDR created the “Brain Trust,” a group of lawyers, professors, and journalists who were his advisers. Together they formulated the “New Deal.”
The New Deal was a program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression and focused on three things:
Relief for the needy
Economic recovery
Financial reform

3. The Beginnings of the New Deal
Five days after his inauguration, FDR launched a period of intense activity from March 9th to June 16th called “The Hundred Days”. More than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislature was passed in Congress as well as laws, all of which expanded the federal government’s role in the economy.
Emergency Banking Relief Act: authorized the Treasury Department to inspect the country’s banks.
FDR also started “fireside chats,” radio talks about issues of public concern and explanations of New Deal measures. He also gave the explanation about how banks invest money people put in banks therefore cannot meet a large amount of citizens demanding for their savings in cash.

4. Key Terms and Definitions
The New Deal: was a series of domestic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and 1938 that focused on three general goals: relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
Glass-steal Act: Established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
It provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5000, reassuring millions of bank customers that their money was safe.
Federal Securities Act: Passed I 1933
required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations
Deficit Spending: President Roosevelt agreed to a policy of deficit spending more money than the government receives in revenue. He regarded defect spending as a necessary evil to be used only at a time of great economic crisis.
Huey Long: The most serious challenge of the New Deal came from senator Huey Long.
He was an early supported of New Deal, but he, turned against Roosevelt, Long proposed a nationwide social program Share Our Wealth.

5. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA): Was a US federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsides not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC):Was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the US for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. Originally for young men ages 18-23, it was eventually expanded to young men ages Robert Fechner was the head of the agency.
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA): Was law passed by the US congress in 1933 to authorize the President to legislate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery.

6. The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Second New Deal (Second hundred days) president called on congress to provide relief for both farmers and workers
Eleanor Roosevelt- traveled the country and observed social conditions, reminded the president about the people suffering
Urged president to appoint women to government positions
1935 Works Progress Administration (WPA): effort to help the people who needed more direct assistance from the government, hired about 10 million Americans to create buildings, roads and bridges
1935 Social Security Act- created a retiree pension system for workers and insurance plans for people who were unemployed, payed for by a double tax on every working Americans paycheck
1935 National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act): protected the rights of employees and encouraged collective bargaining and striking

7. 1936 presidential election:
Republican candidate- Alfred Landon
Democrat candidate- President Roosevelt
democrats won in large majority

8. The New Deal Affects Many Groups
The new deal represented an opportunity for minorities and women, but with these groups gained was limited. long-standing patterns of prejudice and discrimination continue to plague of them and to prevent their full and equal participation in national life
One of FDR’s great achievements was to create the new deal coalition, an alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party. The coalition included Southern whites, various urban groups, African-Americans, etc. democrats dominated as a result.

9. Labor Unions FDR election of 1936 Culture in the 1930s
Labor unions flourished ad a result of the Wagner act and other pro labor legislation passed during the new deal. union members enjoyed better working conditions and increased bargaining power. Labor unions donated to FDR's reelection campaign
FDR election of 1936
Urban votes were an important component of the new deal coalition.
Culture in the 1930s
Movies were very popular during the depression. Films offered a pure escape from the hard realities of the depression by presenting visions of wealth, romance, and good times. Perhaps one of the most famous films of this area or all time is gone with the wind.

10. Culture (continued)
Radio entertainers were also very popular during this time. One famous radio host was Orson Welles, he created one of the most renowned radio broadcast of all time, The war of the worlds. He later went on to direct movie classics like Citizen Kane.
Diverse writers depicted American life. John Steibeck, one of this country's most famous authors, received assistance from the federal writers project. He was able to publish his epic novel the grapes of wrath. Which reveals the lives of Oklahoma men's who left the dust bowl and ended up in California, where their hardships continue.

12. The End