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The New Deal Chapter 15

The New Deal Chapter 15. Roosevelt Presidency. Political Life NY State Legislator Asst Sec of Navy Governor of NY 4 term President (longest president) “Each day’s issues” Personal Life People person Compassionate Ability to speak well Polio-disease attacks central nervous system

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The New Deal Chapter 15

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  1. The New DealChapter 15

  2. Roosevelt Presidency Political Life NY State Legislator Asst Sec of Navy Governor of NY 4 term President (longest president) “Each day’s issues” Personal Life People person Compassionate Ability to speak well Polio-disease attacks central nervous system Confined to wheel chair (issue today?) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt http://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm

  3. FDR Memorial

  4. Hoover vs Roosevelt How are they different? Republican vs Democrat http://us-presidents.findthedata.org/compare/17-25/Herbert-Clark-Hoover-vs-Franklin-D-Roosevelt

  5. Problems Facing FDR (1933) Economic Crisis High unemployment Failure of banking system Poverty, poor Stock Market collapse Unprepared, underfunded military Agricultural system failed Industry collapse Increase in crime-survival of citizens Isolationism: no real allies Loss of faith in America (people do not believe) What do you fix first? Why? (Homework)

  6. Relief, Recovery, Reform Relief Goal: to help provide for the people Social Security Act unemployment benefits retirement benefits provided immediate aid Civilian Works Administration creates jobs for unemployed jobs building roads and schools Works Progress Adm Tuscora Park Dover Stadium

  7. Relief, Recovery, Reform Relief Civilian Conservation Corps createsjobs for unemployed reforestation, flooding issues, erosion Tennessee Valley Authority creates jobs built dams and power plants government-low cost electricity

  8. Relief, Recovery, Reform Recovery Glass-Steagall Banking Act Creates the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Goal: To restore confidence in the banking system National Industrial Recovery Act Government controls prices of products Regulate wages and working conditions

  9. New Deal for America Recovery Federal Housing Administration Provide financing for house purchases Fair Labor Standards Act Creates minimum wage Maximum hours worked (average 40 hours weekly) It also created overtime Living Wage http://livingwage.mit.edu/places/3915182376

  10. Relief, Recovery, Reform Reform-Goal: prevent it from happening again Agriculture Adjustment Act Government controls farming What to grow How much to grow Control price Government subsidies-make up the difference

  11. New Deal for America Security and Exchange Commission Stock market police Stop people from cheating on the stock market (How? Insider Trading) They also can shut down the stock market National Labor Relations Join labor unions Collective bargaining Government got involved in labor relations

  12. Opposition to the New Deal Who opposed? Wealthy Americans Believers in capitalism, market economy, laissez-faire Father Charles Coughlin (radio priest) New Deal is the Raw Deal Divide all wealth equally (socialist) Huey Long Senator Share the wealth Give Americans a home $2,000 per year Free college education

  13. Impact of New Deal Social Changes Decrease in the birth rate/size of the family Decrease in divorce rate Growth of extended family in one house Why?

  14. Impact of New Deal Economics Changes More jobs/competition for those jobs End to child labor Women in the work place Minorities Very little change FDR-no civil rights legislation Society remains segregated

  15. Impact of New Deal Cultural Changes-Literature Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck story of family in Oklahoma Dust Bowl Gone with the Wind-Margaret Mitchell reconstruction in the south

  16. Impact of New Deal Cultural Changes-Film Talkies-Movies with sound Shirley Temple Clark Gable Fred Astaire 3 Stooges Little Rascals Walt Disney

  17. Talkies Steamboat Willie http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=steamboat+willie&qs=AS&sk=&FORM=QBVR&pq=stamboat%20w&sc=8-10&sp=1&qs=AS&sk=#view=detail&mid=2E3F28A9F292CA90982B2E3F28A9F292CA90982B Little Rascals http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Little+Rascals+Episodes&FORM=RESTAB#view=detail&mid=9F39AA5FF24D206B6D479F39AA5FF24D206B6D47 Shirley Temple http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=shirley+temple&qs=VI&form=QBVR&pq=shirle&sc=8-6&sp=2&sk=VI1#view=detail&mid=266ACB8E5955A7B04FC9266ACB8E5955A7B04FC9

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