1. The New Deal

2. Lecture 12.1 “Launching the New Deal”
DRQ 12.1
CREATE A T-CHART AND LIST 3 CAUSES AND
3 EFFECTS OF THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929

3. A. The Election of 1932 Roosevelt’s Rise The 1932 Campaign
polio
NY Gov. - direct relief program
The 1932 Campaign
FDR promised jobs
FDR attacked Hoover
A Landslide Victory
FDR won easily
Democrats win Congress

4. B. A Political Partnership
Roosevelt’s popularity
strength and personality
fireside chats
Roosevelt’s philosophy
Government should provide for people
Eleanor Roosevelt
wife was his eyes and ears
changed the role of the First Lady
worked for social issues
people wrote her letters for help

5. C. Roosevelt Takes Action
The Banking Crisis
FDR announces “bank holiday”
Emergency Banking Act
Glass-Steagall Act & FDIC
The Hundred Days
many New Deal reforms passed
The New Deal’s three goals:
relief, recovery, reforms
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Public Works Administration
Securities/Exchange Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority

6. D. Trouble for the New Deal
A New Relationship
government and the people
Radical/Conservative criticism
Leading Critics
Huey Long - Share Our Wealth
Father Charles Coughlin
Dr. Francis Townsend
The American Liberty League
Opposition from the Courts
FDR creating too much power
Supreme Court challenges programs

7. Lecture 12.2 “The Second New Deal”
DRQ 12.2
LIST 5 NEW DEAL PROGRAMS PASSED DURING FDR’S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS IN OFFICE

8. E. The Second Hundred Days
1934 midterm elections
Democrats win more seats
Second New Deal
Emergency Relief
FDR halts direct relief programs
encouraged work for pay
Works Progress Administration
largest peacetime jobs program
Social Security Act
pension and unemployment

9. F. Reviving Organized Labor
NIRA - power to labor unions
Wagner Act
National Labor Relations Board
The CIO is Born
AFL - no unskilled workers
John L. Lewis - UMW
Congress of Industrial Workers
The GM Sit-Down Strike
sit-down strike becomes effective
GM recognized the union
union membership growing

10. G. The Election of 1936 Rural Electricity Americans Re-elect FDR
Rural Electrification Administration
provided electricity to rural homes
Americans Re-elect FDR
FDR - success/accomplishment
FDR won re-election easily
Democrats gained more seats

11. H. A Troubled Year The Court Packing Plan Moving Forward
FDR’s reorganization plan
Critics - FDR trying to “pack” the courts
Moving Forward
The Farm Tenancy Act
Supreme Court issues favorable decisions
Recovery in Doubt
FDR spends more money
The deficit grew each year
John Maynard Keynes - British economist
believed in deficit spending

12. Lecture 12.3 “Life During the New Deal”
DRQ 12.3
WHY WAS FDR CRITICIZED FOR “GOING TOO FAR” DURING THE SECOND TERM OF HIS PRESIDENCY?

13. I. New Roles for Women and African Americans
Women in the New Deal
Frances Perkins
first female Sec. of Labor.
FDR appointed more women than other presidents
Discrimination still a problem
African Americans
The Black Cabinet
Mary McLeod Bethune
director of Negro Affairs in NYA
discrimination still a problem

14. J. Telling the Story of the Depression
The Work of Dorothea Lange
photographer - chronicled hardships of the Depression
brought attention to rural poor
Agee, Evans, and Famous Men
Writer and photographer
depicted lives of sharecroppers
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

15. K. Popular Entertainment of the 1930’s
Movies
80 million attend each week
Charlie Chaplin/Marx Brothers
Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Disney’s Snow White
Radio
variety of news/entertainment
The Lone Ranger
The War of the Worlds
Jazz - Louis Armstrong
Swing music
Benny Goodman/Duke Ellington

16. L. Sports in the 1930’s Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig’s announcement
Babe Zaharias
multisport female star
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
famous boxing match

17. Lecture 12.4 “Analyzing the New Deal”
DRQ 12.4
CREATE A T-CHART AND LIST AT LEAST 3 POPULAR MOVIES AND 3 SPORTS STARS FROM THE 1930’S

18. M. The Impact of the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Many people had some relief
direct relief
government programs
No lasting economic recovery
mil. people unemployed
Reforms more successful
FDIC - confidence in banks
SEC - regulates stock market
WPA - lasting works projects
Changing Relationships
people and government
larger/more involved government

19. N. Limits of the New Deal Relief programs - temporary
4.7 million people went unserved
pay low - encourage people to find better jobs
Level of assistance varied by state
Massachusetts = $60/child.
Arkansas = $8/child.
Programs also fostered discrimination against women and minorities

20. O. End of the New Deal Weakening Support The 1938 Elections
Anti-New Deal senators
attempts to reorganize presidency
1938 – Fair Labor standards Act
established a minimum wage
The 1938 Elections
FDR handpicked candidates
FDR’s efforts failed
incumbent candidates re-elected
After the New Deal
FDR lost some support
could not pass additional programs
Attention turned to conflict in Europe