1. Focus Question: What was FDR’s “New Deal” and how did it seek to end the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Do Now:
Read “The Bonus Army” and annotate for gist (simple facts) and talk back (comments and questions—analysis).

2. FDR & the New Deal
When the Depression started in 1929, Herbert Hoover was President.
Many Americans felt that Hoover was not doing enough to help them.
FDR ran for President in 1932 against Hoover. FDR promised Americans a “New Deal”  more gov’t help.
In 1932, FDR won a huge election victory over Hoover.

3. The Election of 1932

4. Work relief (create jobs)
The New Deal: A series of government programs aimed at helping people survive the Depression.
Social Problem
New Deal Solution
unemployment
Work relief (create jobs)
hunger
Direct relief (provide food and money)
homelessness
Build housing, provide loans/mortgages
banks failed
Protections for banking; bank regulation
drought
Irrigation projects

5. HOMEWORK Write two paragraphs that answer this question:
How did FDR’s New Deal try to help people survive the Depression?
Paragraph 1: Using your class notes and completed work, describe the problems that people experienced during the Great Depression.
Paragraph 2: Using your New Deal Programs Graphic Organizer, describe the ways that the New Deal tried to help people. Refer to at least THREE programs in your response.