1. You should have created a detailed
brainstorm for this question….
Was it:
The experiences of ordinary people 1929-32
Policies of the republicans
Actions taken by the republicans
Roosevelt’s election campaign
6. The ‘First New Deal’: The
First 100 Days
The New Deal The problem it The action Evidence for
measure/agenc aimed to solve taken by the its
y agency/measur effectiveness/i
e neffectiveness
7. Create a mini timeline of the
major events of the First 100
days of FDR’s reign
Use the factfile on page 376
8. What is the message of this
cartoon?
1933
American
Cartoon
9. Frances Perkins, Labour
Secretary under Roosevelt…..
As Roosevelt described it the ‘New Deal’ meant that the
forgotten man, the little man, the man nobody knew
much about, was going to be dealt better cards to play
with….he understood that the suffering of the dpression
had fallen with terrific impact upon the people least able
to bear it. He knew that rich had been hit hard, but
atleast they had something left. But the little merchant,
the small householder and home owner, the farmer, the
man who worked for himself….these people were
desperate. And Roosevelt saw them as the principle
citizens of the United States, numerically and in their
importance to the maintenance of the ideals of
American democracy.
Who do you think supported FDR and why?
10. The 2nd ‘New Deal’
Create a spider
diagram of the key
agencies/measures of
the 2nd New Deal
Why do you think FDR
wanted artists and
photographers employed
under the New Deal?
11. Find out what this is all
about…..
‘Can FDR Achieve
……New Social
Standards N’
Fairness’
When you have found out what this means, you need to make notes in your
books on it - making it as visually memorable as possible so it helps you with
your revision
12. ‘Can FDR Achieve ……New
Social Standards N’
Fairness’ (abolished prohibition, his Fireside
C – Confidence
Chats, Closed banks until they had been checked,
set rules for Stock exchange to prevent repaets of
1929)
• F – Finance/economy (cut government spending and
reduced gov employees income by 15%, Farm Loan Act
and Bankruptcy Act allowed farmers to borrow money
from gov to stop closures, Home Loan Act and Home
Owners Act did the same for home owners. The
Agricultural Adjustment Act – paid farmers to give up
fields to prevent overproduction, The National Recovery
Administration allowed businesses to join if they
promised to cut production and increase wages. Stopped
Child Labour)
13. ‘Can FDR Achieve ……New
Social Standards N’ Fairness’
A - Alphabet Agencies (CCC Civilian Conservation
Corps – gave unemployed people jobs in
conservation jobs – planting trees etc – 2.5 million
took part by 1941, WPA Works Progress
Administration – gave unemployed people jobs in
building schools, hospitals, bridges etc. TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority – built 21 dams in 10
years.)
• N - National Labour Relations Act/Wagner Act
(Protected workers, allowed them to join trade
unions)
• S – Soil Conservation Act (allowed gov to keep
subsidising Farmers)
14. ‘Can FDR Achieve ……New
Social Standards N’ Fairness’
S – Social Security Act 1935 (set up pensions,
help for the disabled, children in need and the
unemployed)
N –National Housing Act 1937 (provided loans for
houses and stopped high rents)
F – Fair Labour Standards Act 1938 (set hours and
conditions for work, and minimum wages)
15. Homework Question
‘The most dramatic measures of the
New Deal were put in place within the
First One Hundred Days of FDR’s reign.’
How far do you agree with this
statement? (10 marks)
