1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt & New Deal

2. Bring hope back 1 st step was to restore public confidence in the nation’s bank (FDIC) 2 nd step providing relief and creating jobs (FERA stemmed into CWA) Industry wide codes (NIRA) Assisting homeowners and farmers AAA, TVA, FHA, HOLC

3. New Deal falters New programs failed to bring about significant economic improvement People worried that the new programs were giving too much power to the government Supreme court shot down NIRA, AAA

4. New Deal take two Included more: Social welfare Stricter controls over business Stronger support for unions Higher taxes on the rich

5. Women and minorities Men received preference Women received lower wages African Americans were kept out of skilled jobs Social Security Act excluded 2/3 of working African Americans

6. Critics coming out of the wood work New Deal does too much (Republicans) Led by the American Liberty League Limited individual freedom in an unconstitutional manner New Deal does not do enough (Progressives & Socialist) State should take over factories Create a new economic system

7. More critics Father Coughlin Advocated government take over of private property and banks Radio broadcast grew reckless Started to support Hitler & Mussolini Roman Catholic officials order him to stop Huey Long Redistribution of wealth

8. Recession of 1937 A period of slow business activity Unions triumph New labor organizations (Committee for Industrial Organization) Sit-down strikes = laborers stop working but refuse to leave the building

9. 1930s captured in time

10. Continued