1. “Only Thing To Fear”
-1932 Inauguration Speech “The Only Thing We Have
to Fear is fear itself.” by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Public Relations—to inform the public about political
events.
Fireside Chats—weekly radio talks about public
concerns.

2. “Only Thing To Fear”
-1932 Inauguration Speech
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself”
-Public Relations
-Fireside Chats

3. A Call to Action
Progressive Programs: To make changes for improving
the economy.
Experiment with solutions: New suggestions .
Group Effort:
1. Eleanor Roosevelt: concerned with child welfare,
housing reform, equal rights for women and
minorities.
2. Brain Trust-A selected group of layers, professors
and journalists to help alleviate the Great Depression.
First 100 Days: (New Deal Programs)
1. Extended the powers of the federal government in
the nation’s economy.

4. A Call to Action
-Progressive programs
Experiment with solutions
-Group Effort
Eleanor Roosevelt
Brain Trust
-1st
100 Days

5. First New Deal
Bank Holiday—closed all banks to prevent withdrawals.
Emergency Banking Act of 1933—to inspect banks and
those found sound could reopen only.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.—to insure a person’s
deposit within a bank up to $5,000.
Securities and Exchange Commission (Federal Securities
Act)—to regulate the stock market and to prevent
people from rigging the stock market for their own
personal profit.
All were designed for recovery and relief.
21st
Amendment—prohibition is over.
Deficit Spending—spending more money than the
government receives in revenue.
Pump Primping—placing more money into the economy to
create jobs. (caused inflation)

6. Alphabet Soup
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Public Works Administration—to create jobs in
constructing schools and other community buildings.
Civil Works Administration—paid the salaries of teachers
and built roads.

7. Alphabet Soup
-FDIC
Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
-SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
-PWA
Public Works Administration
-CWA
Civil Works Administration

8. Alphabet Soup
-FDIC
Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
-SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
-PWA
Public Works Administration
-CWA
Civil Works Administration

9. Alphabet Soup
Tennessee Valley Authority—to provide flood control,
hydroelectric power to Tennessee, Alabama and
North Carolina.
Civilian Conservation Corp—Young men between 18 to 25
to work building roads, developing parks and planting
trees.
Agricultural Adjustment Act—to raise crop prices by
lowering production; to leave certain amount of land
unseeded.
National Recovery Administration—To ensure fair
competition and established standards for working
hours and to ban child labor.

10. Alphabet Soup
-TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
-CCC
Civilian Conservation Corp
-AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
-NRA
National Recovery Administration

11. Alphabet Soup
-TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
-CCC
Civilian Conservation Corp
-AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
-NRA
National Recovery Administration

12. Alphabet Soup
-TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
-CCC
Civilian Conservation Corp
-AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
-NRA
National Recovery Administration

13. Alphabet Soup
-TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
-CCC
Civilian Conservation Corp
-AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
-NRA
National Recovery Administration

14. Alphabet Soup
-TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
-CCC
Civilian Conservation Corp
-AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
-NRA
National Recovery Administration

15. Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl—great drought had hit the Great Plains or
Great American Desert.
1. Mid 1930s—wind storms started taking away
topsoil.
2. Farms were destroyed.
3. Many people migrated to the West (California)
4. They became migrant farm workers known as
“Okies”
“Grapes of Wrath” famous book on the Dust Bowl by
John Steinbeck.

16. Dust Bowl
-great drought had hit the lower plains
-mid 1930’s wind storms started
-farms destroyed
-many people migrate to the west
migrant farm workers
“Okies”
-”Grapes of Wrath”
John Steinbeck

17. The Economy by 1935
-By 1935—The economy had not recovered.
There is enough relief to keep people from starving.
Some people started to demand more action.
People wanted help for farmers and workers.

18. New Deal Critics
Father Coughlin—advocated heavy taxes on the rich to
provide income for all people, a guaranteed annual
income and nationalization of banks.
Huey Long—famous quote “Every Man A King.” He was
the governor of Louisiana. He believed in a level
income, homes and a college education for all. His
program was called “Share Our Wealth”. He was
assassinated by a gunmen because of his political
beliefs.
Francis Townsend—He proposed income for the elderly.
He advocated a monthly pension plan to provide
benefits for the elderly.

19. New Deal Critics
-Father Coughlin
heavy taxes on the rich to provide income for all
-Huey Long
“Every man a King”
level income, home and college for all
-Francis Townsend
proposed income for elderly