Election 1928
The Democratic Party Begins to Shift
Roosevelt to the Rescue
Election in 1932
Democratic Party and FDR 1932
Platform
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Repeal Prohibition
Assist Farmers
Balanced Budget
Confidence and Optimism
Roosevelt Promises a “New Deal” for Americans
Group Activity
• For the Great Depression problem (8)
assigned to your group, what remedies were
undertaken during the New Deal? How
would you evaluate these remedies?
Thinking Skill: Explicitly assess
information and draw conclusions
1. Leadership
Fireside Chats
Relief, Recover, Reform
Confidence
“Brain Trust”
Charisma
Pump Priming
Keynesian Economics
What is
meant by the
expression
“priming the
pump”?
What is
Keynesian
economics?
Eleanor and FDR
2. Banking and Money
Remedies
Bank Holiday -- Recovery
Glass-Steagall Act created FDIC -- Reform (Relief
and Recovery)
Emergency Banking Relief Act – Relief/Recovery
- Fireside chat to regain confidence
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/mediaplay.php?id=14540&admin=32
Run on the Banks
3. Unemployment
Remedies
CCC -- Relief (Recovery)
PWA -- Relief (Recovery)
CWA -- Relief (Recovery)
FER--Relief
NY--Relief
3. Unemployment
*2nd New Deal (1935)
(2nd Hundred Days)
Remedies
Emergency Relief Appropriations Act
Created  WPA -- Relief (Recovery) (1935)
Roads, subways, airports, zoos
Schools
Artists
Writers
Composers
Actors
The New Deal
WPA Worker’s First Paycheck
Harry Hopkins and WPA Actors
A Pensive Hopkins
4. Farming
AAA (1933)-paid farmers subsidies
-exclusive tax on companies which processed
farm products -unconstitutional violates 10th
Amendment
Second AAA (1938) -- Relief (Recovery)
-general tax=constitutional
Rural Electrification Administration -- Relief
(Recovery)
Farm Security Administration (FSA)-Relief
Farm Tenancy Act
Rural Electrification Admin.
Project Dedication
5. Industry and Labor
Remedies
NIRA-National Industrial Recovery Act-
-Set industry codes / unconstitutional
Wagner Act --> NLRA
National Labor Relations Board-authority to
conduct voting in workplaces to determine whether
employees wanted union representation
**Growth of Unions
CIO
• AFL vs. CIO
• AFL-skilled workers
• John Lewis -1935-Committee for Industrial
Organization
• Represented an end to divisions based on
social rank
– GM sit-down strike
– US Steel
NRA: “We Do Our Part”
6. Assistance for the Elderly,
Disabled and Unemployed
Remedy
Social Security Act – Reform (1935)
-Old age pensions
-survivor benefits
-unemployment insurance
-aid for dependent and disabled
Social Security Check
Frances Perkins (left) with Social Security
Board Member Mary W. (Molly) Dewson.
1/20/38. FDR Library Photo.
7. Environment
TVA: Norris Dam, Norris, TN
Remedies
CCC -- Relief
(Recovery)
TVA -- Reform
(Relief and Recovery)
CCC Hauling Rock
8. Securities
• Solution: Federal Securities Act
-forced companies to share info with public to
prevent over-speculation
– Est.
• SEC (Securities Exchange Commission)
-Watchdog over stock market
-Reform Stock Market
Answer the questions in your
groups from before
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Pretend you are a critic…What do
you think of the New Deal?
– Which New Deal remedies were most
successful? Which were not?
– Which were the longest lasting?
– Do you agree or disagree with FDR’s
approach?
– Were FDR’s policies Liberal or Conservative?
The Spectrum with Politics in Mind
Reactionary
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
“RIGHT”
Radical
“LEFT”
How did critics and demagogues like
Father Coughlin impact the New Deal?
Major New Deal Critics
Father Coughlin
 Huey Long “Kingfish”
 Francis Townsend
 American Liberty League
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– What were their criticisms?
– What were their plans?
Election of 1936
• Ignored Rep. nominee, Governor Alf
Landon of Kansas (2 states)
• Union Party (Coughlin & Townsend) (>2%)
• Republicans attacked FDR being overly
bureaucratic/planned economy
• Momentous shift African Americans in
North switched from Rep. party of Lincoln
to Democratic Party
Conservative Supreme Court
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What issues did it have with the New Deal?
Why?
– Gave president too much power over other branches
– May 1935- Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United
States-destroyed key parts of NIRA
– 1936- United States v. Butler –exclusive tax used to
raise money for farmer subsidies in
AAA=unconstitutional
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How did FDR try to combat the Court?
– Court Packing (1937)
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What was the final outcome?
– Lost
What are these
artists
commenting
on? Why was it
significant?
Life During the New Deal
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Answer questions on handout
Why does unemployment increase in
1938? What is the significance of this
increase?
Answer the questions on the
“Impact of the ND” handout
In the End, was the New
Deal Liberal or Conservative?
Reflect on the following
question:
What is the proper role
of government?
Some Important Terms for Test
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RFC
SEC
NRA
AAA
WPA
TVA
CCC
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SSA (Social Security)
CWA
PWA
FDIC
Federal Emergency Relief
Act
Federal Securities Act
Wagner Act
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New Deal for Christmas
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This Land is my Land