1. Aim: What do we need to study for the test?
Do Now: How was the New Deal going to help the American people?
HW: Study for test

2. New Deal and the Supreme Court
As FDR created programs to deal with the nation’s economy, the Supreme Court closely watched.
The Court rules several New Deal laws unconstitutional.
NRA and AAA – unconstitutional due to the power over interstate control.

3. FDR’s Response
Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a law that would permit the President to increase the number of judges from 9 to 15 if the judges refused to retire at the age of 70.
Called the “Court Packing” Plan
It was not supported.

4. Evaluating the New Deal
WWII was basically responsible for ending the depression.
The New Deal helped people cope with the effects of the depression
Brought more power to the presidency and to the federal government.
It did not solve unemployment, the farm crisis, or under consumption.

5. Review
Sacco and Vanzetti – 2 Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder – mostly because they were immigrants and anarchists.
US economy – booming due to mass production, people enjoying life after war, buying on credit.
Gov’t role – Laissez faire – business left alone.

6. Return to Normalcy – Harding’s slogan – return to a time similar to before the war.
Harlem Renaissance - rebirth of African American Culture – Langston Hughes – musicians, poets, singers.
Prohibition – 18th amendment – ban the sale of alcohol.
Women’s Rights – 19th amendment – right to vote.
Coolidge – laissez faire

7. Farmers – had overproduced, taken out loans, prices dropped
Scopes Monkey Trial – scientific vs. creation in school – testing the Tennessee law against teaching the theory of evolution.
Effects of Great Depression – people out of work – look to government to help them. Hoover – “prosperity is just around the corner”

8. Roaring Twenties – fads, fashions, flappers, overproduction, buying on credit
Hoover – Trickle down – eventually it will turn to better times.
Goal – get people working to feel confident to spend.
Impact – Power of pres and federal gov’t grew, programs found unconstitutional. Some still around today – SEC, FDIC, Social Security

9. Stock market – before – people buying on margin – after – people lost all their money.
FDIC – insures up to $100,000 – now $250,000
TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority – electricity to rural areas.
Labor Unions – allowed to organize under NLRB
Dust bowl – Mid west – due to over use of the land and drought.
New Deal Programs – alphabet soup of solutions.