Roosevelt’s New Deal
Objective:
Main Idea
The 3 R’s of the New
Deal
Programs List:
Details
1. ________________ (short term); i.e. unemployment
2. ________________ (mid term); i.e. programs to get people back to
work
3. ________________ (long term); i.e. Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act - _______________________________________
National Industrial Recovery Act - ____________________________________
Securities & Exchange Commission - _________________________________
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - ______________________________
Public Works Administration - ______________________________________
Tennessee Valley Authority - _______________________________________
Social Security Act
set up to help the elderly, disabled, children, and unemployed
1. created a ________________________________ (65+)
2. offered _____________________________ while they looked for work
3. provided payments to _________________________________________
Frances Perkins
Secretary of _____________
1st woman ever appointed to the _______________
believed in _______________________________ in the economy
created labor _________________________________ to aid unemployment
& workers
The WPA
__________________________________– largest employer of the country
purpose: create organizations that ___________________________ to
people currently __________________________
Ex. building roads, libraries, parks, airports, etc.
Civilian Conservation
Corps
designed to tackle the problem of ____________________________ (18-25)
gave _________________________ to men: plant trees, built public parks,
restocked rivers with fish, etc.
3 million ______________ served in the CCC
The Federal Housing
Administration
insured ___________________ of lower-income Americans (helping these
people afford homes)
provided loans to local govts. for __________________________________
Eleanor Roosevelt
political “____________________” (compared to Hillary Clinton)
she became FDR’s eyes & ears (especially during ill times)
__________________________ behind the man
Arizona & the
Depression
________________ – population ______________ (migrant farmers from the
Dust Bowl)
_____________! Copper, cotton, farming, and mining flourished during this
time
copper & cotton prices drop
Indian New Deal
used federal funding to ___________________________________________
(built schools, hospitals, gave food aid)
____________________________________– self-governing reservations
Congress of Industrial
Organization
________________________________ that organized industrial workers
________________________ – remained in the factories but refused to work
to prevent owners from replacing them with new employees
The Supreme Court
Supreme Ct. worried that ________________________ was taking more
power than the ______________________
The Court had ____________________________________________, so…
“______________________________” – allowed the President to appoint up
to 6 new justices; rejected; but ______________________________________
Critics of FDR
_____________________- Populist Louisiana Senator who wanted a
______________________________________ to get out of the Great
Depression; he thought FDR didn’t push as much as he should have
_____________________ - because of the court packing bill, thought FDR was
unjust
Why haven’t we had
another Depression?
Dr. ____________________ - wanted $200/mo. to elderly, Social Security did
not reach that amount
__________________________________ to prevent another Depression
i.e. Social Security & Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Summary: