1. Aim: To What extent was President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” more effective than Hoover's policies?

2. Do you believe being the 1st Lady is important?
Do Now
Do you believe being the 1st Lady is important?
If so explain what role the president's wife plays.

3. FDR had polio and could not walk. His wife traveled the nation for him.1.
Feeling out the problems of the country and report back to FDR 2.
Promote the President's New Deal policies

4. Why is this significant & what message was she sending?
At a conference in Alabama where whites sat on one side and blacks on the other, the President's wife sat in the middle aisle.
Why is this significant & what message was she sending?

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Write your own relief plan for each of the following groups below.
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Banks
Losing money
Not giving loans
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Business owner
Factories closing
American goods competing with imported goods
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Consumer
No Jobs
Low wages
Poor work conditions
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Farmers
Losing farms
Crop prices falling
Over producing certain crops
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6. President Roosevelt The New Deal
Government should have more involvement.
Dealing your way out of the depression.
Goal
Restore Nation's Hope
Goal
End Depression
President Roosevelt The New Deal
Businesses
Banks
Workers/Farmers
Security & exchange act
Regulations for stock market
Social security
Unemployment benefits
Boosted Workers compensation
Emergency Banking Act
(Inspection for banks)
Remove U.S. from Gold Standard
WPA: Jobs, recreation, counseling 25 under
Fed. Deposit. Ins. Corp.
(Insures deposited money)
Federal sec. Act (must inform public of the status of your biz.
Gov Funded work Prog.
Subsidies for farmers
NRA: set Biz. Codes.
Min wage, price. Production, & work conditions
FHA: Give affordable housing & regulate mortgages

7. These are a list of some of President Franklin Roosevelt's New deal policies

8. Fort Knox F.D.R. takes America off the gold standard
1)Dollar backed by gold
2)After crash less money in circulation
3)People horde gold
4)Pres. Takes U.S. off gold standard
5)Gov. removes gold for purchasing
6) Gov. Can now put(print) more money in circulation

9. Group Activity: In your group (Banks, Businesses, Workers & farmers), use your hand out sheet on Hoover’s policies and compare Pres. Roosevelt's New Deal policies to Hoover's policies.
1)Explain if they are better or worse,
2) Which one of his two goals was he trying to accomplish with that policy and was he successful.