Do Now
If your family or friend was out of
a job, how would you want the
government to respond?
Objective: Chapter 23, Section 1
► SWBAT
identify and discuss what the New
Deal was and how FDR tried to counteract
the Depression
Election of 1932
► Herbert
Hoover (Republican)
► Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (Democrat)
Issues
►
Americans blamed President Hoover for the country’s economic
woes.
►
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 Was related to Theodore Roosevelt.
 Survived polio.
 Governor of New York.
FDR Continued
► Roosevelt promised:
 Relief for the poor
 More public works programs to provide jobs.
► He attacked Hoover and the Republicans for
their response to the Great Depression.
► Roosevelt won a landslide victory—winning
more than 57 percent of the popular vote.
The Roosevelts
►
Believed it was the Govt’s responsibility to
help the people
► Eleanor
Roosevelt: First lady
 Played a major role in FDR’s success
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR Attributes
Franklin Roosevelt
►Appealing
blend of cheerfulness, optimism,
and confidence
►An
effective communicator (ex: fireside
chats)
►A
reform-minded Democrat
►Believed
the government could solve
economic and social problems
Eleanor Roosevelt
►“Eyes
and ears” of her husband
►Directed
efforts to solve several major social
issues (ex. lynching of African Americans)
►Wrote
►Had
her own newspaper column
the trust and affection of many
Americans
FDR’s First Hundred Days
► FDR’s
first hundred days in office: March
through June, 1933
 Time in which most of his New Deal legislation
was passed
►
Wanted to restore confidence in banks 1st…..Why?
 March 5th, 1933: Ordered banks to close for 4 days
 March 9th: Passed Emergency Banking Act: Allowed
government to inspect all banks
► Two thirds of banks had reopened by March 15th
Some of the acts that were passed in
the New Deal
► Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
► Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
► Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
► Civil Works Administration (CWA)
► Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
► The Federal Securities Act (FSA)
► Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
► Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
► Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
► National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Question 1
► Regulated
the stock market and protected
investors from dishonest trading practices
Answer 1
► Securities
Exchange Commission
Question 2
► Attempted
to raise farm prices by paying
farmers to lower farm output
Answer 2
► Agricultural
Adjustment Act (AAA)
Question 3
► Insured
bank deposits up to 5,000 dollars
Answer 3
► Federal
(FDIC)
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Question 4
► Provided
low-cost mortgage refinancing to
homeowners facing foreclosure
Answer 4
► Home
Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
Question 5
► Enforced
provisions of the Wagner Act,
which included the right of collective
bargaining and other union rights
Answer 5
► National
Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Question 6
► Requires
companies to provide information
about their finances if they offered stock for
sale
Answer 6
► Federal
Securities Act
Question 7
► Provided
federal jobs in building and
improving roads and public facilities
Answer 7
► Civil
Works Administration (CWA)
Question 8
►
Provided hydroelectric power, flood control,
and recreational opportunities
Answer 8
► Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA)
Question 9
► Provided
jobs to young, unmarried men to
work on conservation and resource
development projects
Answer 9
► Civilian
Conservation Corp (CCC)
Question 10
► Improved
housing standards and conditions
and provided home financing
Answer 10
► Federal
Housing Administration
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