Chapter 24The New Deal

Sections 2 & 3:

The First and Second New Deals

FDR promises America…

• FDR promises… - a “new deal”…

- “bold and persistent experimentation”…

The Election of 1932 FDR Hoover

–Electoral Vote: 472 59–Popular Vote: 23m 15.7m–Percentage: 57.4% 39.7%

The Democrats win both houses of Congress.

The Election of 1932

FDR the Man…

• Aristocratic family• Believed government could make

people’s lives better.• 1921: Stricken with Polio…• 1932: Elected 32nd President • The only 4 term President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Democrat• New York• 1933-1945

“Once I spent two years in bed trying to move my big toe…

After that anything else seems easy”

- FDR

Inauguration Day 1933…

1933 Inaugural Address

• FDR was a symbol of confidence and hope for Americans…

“The only thing we have to fear,… is fear itself”

The 3 R’s…ReliefRecoveryReform

What were the three main focuses of the New Deal?...

The Hundred Days…

The first 100 days FDR was in office. More laws were passed in this time than any other peace time period in our history. - 15 new laws

…Since 1933 all administrations are judged for

their performance in

the first 100 days

Roosevelt’s Fireside chats...

Radio talks given by FDR… Designed to inspire confidence by explaining New Deal measures in plain language.

Father Coughlin “The Radio Priest” - 40M listeners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS9_gqCytV4

Dr. Francis Townsend

Main Concern:

- Poverty among the elderly…

- Age 60 receive a $200 monthly pension

- The $200 must be spent within the month

Huey LongThe Share Our Wealth Plan…

Proclaims he will make “Every Man a King”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hphgHi6FD8k

What did FDR propose when the Supreme Court declared

two New Deal programs unconstitutional?

The Court Packing Plan

(p. 741-742)

Supreme Court Packing Plan (Bill)

• The proposal:

Add 6 justices to the Court… 9 + 6 = 15

• Public rationale:

The Court is over worked

• Hidden motive:

Change the balance of the Court

FDR: SC Packing Plan• Why? Conservative justices

declared parts of the New Deal, unconstitutional.

• Congress rejected it & FDR was criticized for trying to undermine the Supreme Court

Homework• Read “Court Packing” on

p. 741-742.1. Why did FDR try to “pack

the court?”2. What was the result and

how did his plan affect his relationship with Congress?