The New Deal 1932-1941

Learning outcomes1.Identify contributions of

political/social reformers during the Great Depression

2.Describe New Deal legislation, and compare/contrast opposing viewpoints

3.Explain issues/problems of the past through the viewpoints of those involved

Key terms/people p. 396

• Franklin D. Roosevelt• Eleanor Roosevelt• New Deal• fireside chat• FDIC• TVA• CCC• NRA• PWA• Charles Coughlin• Huey Long

Key terms and people p. 404

• 2nd New Deal • WPA• John Maynard Keyes• pump priming• Social Security Act• Wagner Act• collective bargaining• Fair Labor Standards Act• CIO• Sit-down strikes• court packing

Key terms and people p. 412

• Black Cabinet• Mary McLeod Bethune• Indian New Deal• New Deal Coalition• welfare state

Election of 1932• President Hoover

vs. FDR• Hoover preached

localism to fix GD• FDR promoted the

federal gov’t must take an active role

• FDR won• Inaugural address

—”the only thing to fear is fear itself”

New Deal• New Deal—

programs and legislation enacted by FDR during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform

• 3 R’so Reliefo Recoveryo Reform

• What was the purpose of the New Deal?

Fireside Chats• 8 days after

becoming President, FDR gave his first fireside chat reassuring the American public the banking system was safe.

• 4-day bank holiday for banks to get their accounts in order before reopening

• Important way for FDR to communicate w/ the American people.

• Why do you think the President’s fireside chats inspired confidence in the American people?

Roosevelt’s Alphabet Soup

• Relief programs aimed at rehabilitating different economic institutions.

• AAA, CCC, TVA, CWA, PWA, HOLC, FDIC, SSA

• Analyzing Political Cartoons: p. 401

1. Why did the cartoonist use a snail to represent Congress?

2. What is the cartoonist saying about the relationship between the President and Congress?

Populist Critics Challenge FDR

• Huey Long—Senator from Louisiana

• Share Our Wealth Program—proposed high taxes on the wealthy and large corporations, and the redistribution of their income to poor Americans

• Program promised a home and income to every American

West Coast Hotel vs. Parrish

• Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• President—A. Philip Randolph

• Pressured Roosevelt to provide jobs for African Americans in defense factories

African Americans Make Advances and

Face Challenges• Mary McLeod

Bethune-o Founder of

Bethune Cookman University

o Served as FDR’s Special Adviser of Minority Affairs

o 1st black woman to head a Federal Agency