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Writing-To-Win:

Writing-To-Win:. Using the song lyrics, answer the following 3 questions on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Using at least 3 vocab. words, describe how “ This Land Is Your Land ” represents America during the Great Depression.

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Writing-To-Win:

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  1. Writing-To-Win: • Using the song lyrics, answer the following 3 questions on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Using at least 3 vocab. words, describe how “This Land Is Your Land” represents America during the Great Depression. 2. Do you think this is an overall positive or negative song & why? 3. Can you apply this song to our society today? Why or why not?

  2. SSUSH18 Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.

  3. Bell Ringer • Describe each of these visuals. • What themes connect them? • Describe the setting in U.S. history which produced these images. • Compare the situation from which these images come & our current economically depressed United States.

  4. a. Describe Roosevelt’s attempts at relief, recovery, & reform reflected in various New Deal programs.

  5. Franklin D. Roosevelt: • 32nd President • In office from 1933-1945 (served 4 terms) • Believed it was the federal government’s responsibility to help Americans out of the Great Depression (New Deal) • Created an atmosphere of heavy governmental interaction in Americans lives

  6. What was the New Deal? • A comprehensive series of social & economic programs enacted during the Great Depression by the FDR Administration that have become part of our everyday lives today.

  7. First New Deal: • FDR’s first 100 days in office (15 bills were passed) • Three goals: 1. relief: provide immediate help 2. recovery: achieve long-term economic recovery 3. reform: improve upon the institutions to prevent future depressions

  8. New Deal programs: • Bank holiday: 4 day break to allow banks to get their accounts in order • FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: insured bank deposits up to $5,000 • AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act): ended overproduction & raised crop prices • TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority): created jobs, built dams, controlled floods, & brought electricity to the South • CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps): provided jobs for more than 2 million men; replanted forests, built trails, dug ditches, & fought fires

  9. b. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal • Addressed the problems faced by the elderly, the poor, & the unemployed • Created new public works projects • Helped the farmers & protected workers’ rights

  10. Social Security Act • Passed in 1935 the Social Security Act provided : • retirement benefits • unemployment insurance • welfare payments to the needy • Provided insurance for victims of work-related accidents

  11. Social Security Act: • Had many flaws: *did not apply to domesticfarmworkers (included manyAfrican Americans) *Women received smaller benefits than men

  12. c. Analyze political challenges to Roosevelt’s leadership and New Deal programs. • Americans believed that under Roosevelt, the government had too much power • Thought that the government was running businesses, spending large sums of money, & creating an even larger national debt • Some believed he had not done enough to help the Great Depression end

  13. Huey Long: • Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs had opponents including Huey Long, a Senator from Louisiana • Started “Share the Wealth” clubs believing that the government should take money from the rich and give it to the poor • Wanted to run for President • Was assassinated 1935

  14. Court Packing • The Supreme Court had struck down several of Roosevelt’s programs declaring them unconstitutional • In an attempt to control the Supreme Court, Roosevelt sent Congress a bill which would allow him to increase the number of justices on the court • This would allow Roosevelt to appoint justices who were “friendly” towards his New Deal policies

  15. Court Packing • After much protest by Congress and many Americans, the bill was killed in the Senate • Roosevelt over estimated his power

  16. d. Examine how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the First Lady including the development of New Deal programs to aid those in need. • Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to many women and African American groups and relayed their plight to the President • Changed the role of First Lady by her active participation in American politics • She was the eyes and ears for FDR.

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