Name:
NEW DEAL POSTER ADVERTISEMENT
President Franklin Roosevelt aggressively planned to get the United States out of the Great
Depression by creating a program called the New Deal. Under the New Deal, the federal
government planned to get the economy back on track immediately, in the short term, and fix the
country’s economic problems for good, in long term.
The President gathered the brightest and best businessmen and intellectuals to come up with
ways to fix the economy. Their ideas created programs within the New Deal. Some of these
programs worked and others did not. Attached you will find a list of SOME of the New Deal
Programs. Your task is to create an advertisement (poster) for ONE of these programs.
TASK:
Create a poster with the following elements:
1. _____Summarize the New Deal program you have selected. Explain its goals
purpose.
2._____Create a logo/symbol for your program that is relevant to the topic. In
some cases the program may already have a logo, or you may design
your own. You may draw the logo or cut and paste it on your poster.
3, ____ Explain one negative and one positive aspect of the program. (Example:
Negative; it was very expensive, Positive; it put 100,000 people to work). If you
cannot find a negative and a positive, you may include two negative or two positive
aspects.
4._____ Tell WHY you think the program was a success or failure. Explain your
answer. Tell whether the program is a Relief, Reform or Recovery
program.
5._____Make sure your poster is attractive, organized, neat and easy to
read. Also, make sure you edit your work and that the poster is free of grammatical,
spelling and organizational mistakes. In addition: DO NOT COPY source
information WORD FOR WORD. PUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY IN YOUR
OWN WORDS.
Each question above is worth 20 points each, which will total 100points. This is a major
assessment grade. You will present to the class on Monday!
Each program falls into one of the following categories:
RELIEF
RECOVERY
REFORM
An immediate response to the Great Depression
that gives people money and jobs.
The government gets businesses and farms started
again. These programs are also temporary.
Law that keep the Great Depression from happening
again. These programs are permanent and are still
around in some form today.
For each of the following, provide its full name, purpose, and legacy.
1. FDIC2. NRA3. CCC4. PWA5. AAA6. TVA7. HOLC8. SEC9. FHA10.FERA11.WPA12.SSA13.REA14.FLSA15.CIO16. FDR17.Huey Long18. Eleanor Roosevelt19. John Maynard Keynes20.Alfred E Smith21.American Liberty League22.Brain Trust23.Wealth Tax act24.FSA25.NYA26.NLRA(Wagner Act)USE A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER IF NECESSARY!!!