the new deal (ushc 6.4)

The

NEW DEAL

1932 Presidential Election

1928 1932 1936 1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) (D-NY) Thirty-second POTUS 1933-1945

Governor of New York

Crippled by polio as an adult

www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/warrenharding

FDR’s First Inaugural Address

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNpxQANk0M

The “New Deal”

The “3 R’s”

R

R

R

ELIEF

ECOVERY

EFORM

Bank Holiday / Fireside Chats

FDR’s “Alphabet Soup”

AAA

FDIC SEC

CCC

PWA

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Agricultural Adjustment Act

THE PROBLEM: Crop prices too low

THE SOLUTION: Crop subsidies

National

Recovery

Administration

Authorized the government and business

leaders to develop

codes of fair competition

Securities and Exchange Commission

“Make Work” Projects CCC PWA

Public Works Administration

Construction Projects

Civilian Conservation Corps

Table Rock State Park

State and National

Parks

Tennessee Valley Authority

Rural Electrification Public Utilities

The “Second New Deal” 1935-1936

National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act

Pro-labor Union Legislation National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Social Security Act (SSA)

Old Age Pensions

Criticisms of the New Deal

From the Left: Too COLD!

From the Right: Too HOT!

Sen. Huey P. Long (LA)

“Share Our

Wealth”

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. 1935

9-0 In favor of the Schechters

The NRA violated the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. 1935

Commerce Clause INTERSTATE

“Horse and Buggy” Constitution

Court-packing Scheme

• Independent Judiciary

• FDR:

• Add a justice for every member (up to six) over 70 years of age

FDR’s first major legislative defeat

More Cartoons: http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/02-newdeal/5-courtpacking/

1936 Presidential Election

1928 1932 1936 1940

FDR and Race Relations

New Deal Coalition Included Southern Whites

Civil Rights Legislation

BUT New Deal

programs (e.g., CCC) provided unemployed African Americans with work.

FDR and Race Relations

The EOC Let’s guess what the EOC makers are going to want to assess.

New Deal

Unemployment

WWII

Unemployment

New Deal

GDP

GDP

WWII