1. Learning Targets You will be able to: 1. Explain the goals of the New Deal. 2. Summarize how the New Deal tried to reach these goals. 3. Analyze the New Deal agencies and choose which was the most important. 4. Critique the New Deal.

2. http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/movies/schmitt_money_13.html THE 1932 ELECTION: HOOVER V. ROOSEVELT HOOVERROOSEVELT --15.8 million votes--22.8 million votes -- 6 of 48 states-- 42 of 48 states

3. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

4. FDR ’ s Response to GD 1. “try something” 2. “Brain Trust” for advice 3. focus on 3 Rs:  relief (aids people directly, like jobs)  recovery (supports/ help industries)  reform (creates new laws to fix problems) “Take a method And try it. If it fails, admit it Frankly and try Another.” Roosevelt, explaining his action plan in dealing with the Great Depression,1932

5. FDR announces his “New Deal”

6. 1. Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC) gave jobs to young men, conserved natural resources (parks, roads, ditches, windbreaks, etc.) FACTS designed for urban men 18-25 $30 a month, $22 home 300,000 immediately 3 million helped http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_12.html

7. Digging Ditches in Montana Illinois CCC advertisement

8. Pillow created to honor the CCC

9. 2. Federal Emergency & Relief Administration (FERA): direct relief was given to states to help families FERA distributes clothing In Tennessee FACTS Designed to be quick $500 million in first year $3 billion by 1935

10. 3. Works Progress Administration (WPA): put people to work building public buildings and roads also hired artists & writers (40,000!) WPA workers creating a flood Control dike in Arkansas FACTS cost $2.1 million a year included women and AA $55 a month (8.5 million) Built 2,500 hospitals, 5,900 schools, 13,000 playgrounds, 1,000 airstrips

11. WPA advertisement to aid women

12. WPA helped artists, like Diego, create murals and continue his or her craft

13. Think, Pair, Share  Compare and evaluate the three relief programs. Which one do you think was most effective? Why?

15. 1. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): helped the valley by controlling floods and making cheap hydroelectric power FACTS gave electricity to rural areas 1932 – 2% had electricity vs. 1933- 75% electricity prices dropped from 10 cents to 3 cents drew businesses to area

17. TVA workers working on a dam control building

18. 2. National Recovery Administration (NRA): set industry codes for production, wages, prices & working conditions 2 million businesses participated – established minimum wages, hours and outlawed child labor

19. 3. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) farmers paid not to grow crops to prevent surpluses Texas farmers Receive AAA check FACTS doubled farm income controversial

20. Think, Pair, Share  Compare the benefits and drawbacks of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. What is your conclusion?

22. 1. Emergency Banking Act only stable banks were allowed to reopen from the “bank holiday” FDR passes in 4 hours without written bill! FACTS 1929-1933: 1,000 banks a year failed Vs. 3 banks in 2007 (2010-129) Shared plan on 1st fireside chat as 60 million listened 75% of bank opened within a month

23. 2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) insured savings accounts in gov’t approved banks Logo banks display today for FDIC today FACTS insured up to $5,000 (today $250,000) done to reassure the public and help them regain trust in banks in 6 months – 97% joined

25. 3. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversees companies that sell stocks to protect the investors

26. 4. Social Security Act pensions for elderly, unemployment insurance, welfare FACTS 28 million unemployed gave $10 to $85 a month 3.8 million families deserted by males

27. Think, Pair, Share  Social Security programs are in trouble today. Hypothesize how and why this is so.

28. FDR’s INAUGURATION SPEECH http://www.americanrhetoric.com/spee ches/fdrfirstinaugural.html What effect would FDR’s inaugural address have on you if you had been alive at this time? Explain.

29. New Deal Final Reflection Choose 3 of the following to answer in your notebook. 1. Knowledge: List three of the New Deal programs and what they did. 2. Comprehension: Explain why the New Deal helped industries recover. 3. Application: Illustrate how one of the New Deal programs aided Americans in the Great Depression. 4. Analysis: Select the New Deal law that you feel has made the biggest impact on the world we live in today. 5. Synthesis: Hypothesize how our world might be different if the Social Security Act had not been passed. 6. Evaluation: Critique Roosevelt ’ s response to the New Deal. Give him a letter grade for the programs and justify it with comments.