Brief summaries of FDR's New Deal and Second New Deal to go along with the Guided Readings for The Americans (Red Book)

1. THE NEW
DEAL

2. A NEW DEAL
FIGHTS THE
DEPRESSION
The Americans, Chapter 23.1

3. KEY IDEA
President Roosevelt takes many actions to
combat the Depression.
Turn the above statement into a question:
What actions did Roosevelt take to combat the Depression?

4. VISUAL
ORGANIZ
ER

5. EMERGENCY BANKING
RELIEF ACT (EBRA)
Immediate Purpose
• authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks
• banks that were bankrupt, remained closed, others could reopen
• banks that needed help received loans

6. EMERGENCY BANKING
RELIEF ACT (EBRA)
Long-Term Goal
• to restore public confidence in the banks

7. GLASS-STEAGALL
BANKING ACT OF 1933
Immediate Purpose
• establish the FDIC
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• if a bank went bankrupt, customers were insured up $5,000 per
account
• the entire banking system was reorganized to be more
accountable to the government and the public

8. GLASS-STEAGALL
BANKING ACT OF 1933
Long-Term Goal
• To restore public confidence in the banks

9. FEDERAL SECURITIES
ACT
Immediate Purpose
• required corporations to provide complete information on all
stock offerings
• made corporation liable for all misrepresentations (or lies)
• created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to
regulate the stock market

10. FEDERAL SECURITIES
ACT
Long-Term Goal
• to prevent people with inside information about corporations
from “rigging” the stock market

11. NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
RECOVERY ACT (NIRA)
Immediate Purpose
• created many organizations and government programs to assist
businesses and workers
• froze prices to protect business from losing money (which would
make them lay off workers)
• establish standards (minimum rules) for how businesses could
treat labor

12. NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL
RECOVERY ACT (NIRA)
Long-Term Goal
• ensure fair business practices
• to promote industrial growth

13. AGRICULTURAL
ADJUSTMENT ACT (AAA)
Immediate Purpose
• paid farmers to lower production
Long-Term Goal
• to raise crop prices (and thus, farmers income)

14. TENNESSEE VALLEY
AUTHORITY (TVA)
Immediate Purpose
• build and repair dams and other projects in the Tennessee Valley
Long-Term Goal
• to create economic prosperity in the impoverished Tennessee
Valley

15. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION
CORPS (CCC)
Immediate Purpose
• put young men to work
• build roads
• conservation of natural resources and national parks
Long-Term Goal
• reduce unemployment
• prevent another Dust Bowl

16. FEDERAL EMERGENCY
RELIEF ADMINISTRATION
(FERA)
Immediate Purpose
• provided food and clothing to the needy
• provided money for work relief – helped states create projects to
create jobs
Long-Term Goal
• to provide for basic needs of the people hit hardest by the
Depression
• give people the means to earn a living themselves

17. PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATION (PWA)
Immediate Purpose
• provided money to the states to create jobs
Long-Term Goal
• to reduce unemployment

18. CIVIL WORKS
ADMINISTRATION (CWA)
Immediate Purpose
• provided 4,000,000 jobs immediately when the PWA proved
unsuccessful
Long-Term Goal
• to reduce unemployment

19. HOME OWNERS LOAN
CORPORATION (HOLC)
Immediate Purpose
• provided government loans to homeowners who faced
foreclosure
Long-Term Goal
• to help families keep their homes

20. THE SECOND
NEW DEAL TAKES
HOLD
The Americans, Chapter 23.2

21. PROBLEMS FACED
• soil depletion
• inability to buy land
• squalid housing
• dust storms
• debt
• bank foreclosures
• lack of electricity
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
• Resettlement Administration
• Farm Security Administration
• Farm Mortgage Moratorium
• Rural Electrification Administration
• Public Utilities Holding Company Act
FARMERS, MIGRANT
WORKERS, AND OTHERS
LIVING IN RURAL AREAS

22. PROBLEMS FACED
• unemployment
• poverty
• hopelessness
• loss of dignity
• lack of spending
money
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Works Progress Administration
• National Youth Administration
STUDENTS AND OTHER
YOUNG PEOPLE

23. PROBLEMS FACED
• unemployment
• poverty
• hopelessness
• loss of dignity
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Works Progress Administration
TEACHERS, WRITERS,
ARTISTS, AND OTHER
PROFESSIONALS

24. PROBLEMS FACED
• unemployment
• poverty
• hopelessness
• loss of dignity
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Works Progress Administration
• National Youth Administration
• Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
• National Labor Relations Board
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Social Security Act
ALL WORKERS,
INCLUDING THE
UNEMPLOYED

25. PROBLEMS FACED
• hopelessness
• loss of dignity
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Social Security Act
RETIRED WORKERS

26. PROBLEMS FACED
• hopelessness
• loss of dignity
LAWS & AGENCIES CREATED
• Social Security Act
THE DISABLED, THE
NEEDY ELDERLY, AND
DEPENDENT MOTHERS
AND CHILDREN

27. DESCRIBE HOW ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT CONTRIBUTED TO THE
NATION’S RECOVERY FROM THE
DEPRESSION.
To help the nation recover from the Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt
• traveled the country to observe social conditions
• helped to shape New Deal policies
• prodded her husband to appoint women to government positions
• was a great advocate for poor people, women, and minorities