1. FDR’s NEW DEAL The Alphabet Agencies - Get out your A.A. paper - Check 2 nd Period’s Quiz

2. http://vimeo.com/9051434 FDR’s FIRESIDE CHATS

3. ANOTHER NEW DEAL CRITIC

4. NEW DEAL CRITICS

5. ANOTHER NEW DEAL CRITIC

6. And there were others… Seriously ?!

7. There were many people and groups who opposed the FDR’s New Deal: Election Results and POPULAR VOTE -people like… IMA Simp was an idiot who never knew what was going on

8. Found himself unemployed at the age of 67 with only $100 in savings. Seeing many people in similar or worse straits, Townsend embraced old-age relief (key to ending the Depression) In January 1934, Townsend announced his plan, demanding a $200 monthly pension for every citizen over the age of 60. In return, recipients had to retire and spend their entire pension every month within the United States. Younger Americans would inherit the jobs vacated by senior citizens and the economy would be stimulated by the increased purchasing power of the elderly. Several million Americans found his plan refreshingly simple. Dr. Francis Townsend California public health officer Such as…another critic

9. FDR’s Own Social Class

10. And then there was these 9 guys

11. CASE #1 – Schechter Poultry Corp vs US ISSUE - STRIKE DOWN THE NRA National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) Charged by the U.S. Government with violating the poultry code by: 1)Selling "unfit chickens,“ 2) Illegally selling chickens on an individual basis 3) Avoiding inspections by local poultry regulators 4)Falsifying records of poultry sold 5)Selling poultry to un licensed purchasers. FDR Administration  Live Poultry Code: *fixed the maximum number of hours a poultry employee could work *imposed a minimum wage for poultry employees *banned certain methods of "unfair competition Schechter was convicted in a federal district court, lost an appeal to the circuit court, and appealed to the Supreme Court, which reviewed the case in 1935. Ruling on NIRA:

12. What to do…? “Court- Packing” Plan

13. SECTION 5: THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL Over time, opinions about the merits of the New Deal and FDR have ranged from harsh criticism to high praise – usually along partisan lines Conservatives felt FDR made government too large and too powerful Liberals countered that FDR socialized the economy because Americans needed help

14. LEGACIES OF THE NEW DEAL FDIC – banking insurance critical to sound economy Deficit spending has became a normal feature of government Social Security is a key legacy of the New Deal in that the Feds have assumed a greater responsibility for the social welfare of citizens since 1935