The document summarizes key events and policies of the New Deal between 1933-1941. FDR implemented the New Deal to address the Great Depression, which included relief programs to help the unemployed, recovery efforts to stimulate the economy, and reforms to regulate banking and Wall Street. Major programs included the CCC, FERA, PWA, AAA, SEC, FDIC, WPA and Social Security. The New Deal significantly expanded the role and size of the federal government in the economy. While it helped address the crisis, it also increased the national debt.

1. 1933-1941

2. David M Kennedy Example
80,000 seat football stadium
“You are now unemployed”
2/3 will still be unemployed
in four years
Next week – another 80,000
unemployed
Continues for 162 weeks = 13 million unemployed

4. New DealNew Deal
FDR’s plan for ending the Great Depression
he saw a national emergency
New Deal will permanently increase size and power of the
government
The National Debt reached a new high
Government now responsible for Nation’s economy

5. (3R’s)
Relief - help to those who need it immediately
Recovery - stimulate economic growth
Reform - prevent future economic crisis
1st 100 days (March to June 1933)

7. Assistance and ReformAssistance and Reform
Emergency Banking Relief ActEmergency Banking Relief Act
declared a Bank Holiday
close all banks
Treasury Dept. inspected all banks
those that were solvent (good) were allowed to reopen
not solvent, remained closed until good
People regain trust in banks and re-deposit money

8. 1933 Glass – Stegall Act / FDIC
reorganize bank system, strict standards to follow
creates Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
(FDIC) insures your money in the bank
Up to 5000 then, Today=250,000
1933 Federal Securities Act
created Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) – supervises stock market, eliminates
dishonest practices

10. Farm Relief/Rural DevelopmentFarm Relief/Rural Development
Agricultural
Adjustment Act
(AAA)
paid farmers money to
not use parts of their
land
reduced crops
raised prices of farm
products

11. Farm Relief/Rural DevelopmentFarm Relief/Rural Development
Tennessee ValleyTennessee Valley
AuthorityAuthority TVA
series of dams to
control flooding
provide low cost
electrical power
Provided jobs

13. Employment ProjectsEmployment Projects
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
paid young men to
live/work in State/National
Parks
received daily pay, free
food, uniforms, lodging
planted 1.3 million trees by
1942

14. Employment ProjectsEmployment Projects
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Helped states provide aid to the unemployed
Citizens wait outside a FERA in Calipatria, CA
for relief checks

15. Employment ProjectsEmployment Projects
Public Works
Administration (PWA)
Created jobs on
government projects
PWA workers construct a public building
in Hartford, Connecticut

16. Grand Grocery Company. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1942. http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.html

18. CRITICS EMERGE
Liberals (left) felt FDR’s program was NOT doing
enough
Conservatives (right) felt that government
intervention was TOO much and interfered with our
free market economy

19. Huey LongHuey Long
Senator from Louisiana
Nicknamed The Kingfish
critic of FDR
proposed a share the wealth
plan
Put a limit on how much money the
rich could have
assassinated in 1935
About to run for president
1. A home for everyone
2. Limit $$$ for rich
3. Sets minimum income
4. $$$ for elderly
5. Education (including
college) for everyone
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5109/

20. The Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court
By the mid-1930s, the Supreme Court struck down
the NIRA as unconstitutional (citing too much
government control over industry)
The Court also struck down the AAA on the grounds
that agriculture was a local matter -- not a federal
matter
The Supreme Court -- 1935

21. The Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court
Angered FDR
Proposed a bill to enable him to appoint more Justices
Critics said he was trying to “pack the court”
Eventually Justices began to resign
FDR appointed new Justices
Support began to favor The New Deal

22. FDR WINS IN 1936 . . . AGAIN

23. Second New DealSecond New Deal
made more changes in
U.S. Economy
pushed for by FDR’s wife,
Eleanor
She also pushed for a
bigger role in government
for civil rights and
women’s rights.

24. Employment ProjectsEmployment Projects
Works Progress
Admininistration (WPA)
Created jobs in many
areas
Ex. Construction jobs to
positions in symphony
orchestras

25. WPA BUILDS AMERICA
850 airports,
651,000 miles of roads and
streets, and
125,000 public buildings
Hired artists, writers and
photographers to create art
The Davis Street School Extension in Atlanta under
construction as part of the Works Progress Administration
Program, November 2, 1936

30. Slave Narratives

34. WPA Project

35. SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
The Social Security Act,
passed in 1935, had 3 parts:
Old-Age Pension
Unemployment
compensation
Aid to families with
dependent children &
disabled (welfare)
The Social Security
[H. R. 7260]
PREAMBLE
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system
of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to
make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons,
dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare,
public health, and the administration of their unemployment
compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise
revenue; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

36. Impact/Legacy of The New DealImpact/Legacy of The New Deal
permanently affected role of U.S. Government
increased size, power of Government
created social welfare, regulatory agencies
Americans accepted more involvement now expect Govern.
to solve problems
survived an enormous crisis without stopping democracy
and freedom

37. Negative ImpactNegative Impact
increased federal debt ($16 billion -$42 billion)
created a large deficit
FDR wins again in 1940 &1944 (four terms!)

39. RadioRadio
By 1940 90% of homes
owned a radio

42. Movies: Gone with the Wind
“American classic in which a
manipulative woman and a roguish
man carry on a turbulent love affair
in the American south during the
Civil War and Reconstruction.”
IMDb
Top grossing movie of all time
adjusted for inflation

43. Arts/LiteratureArts/Literature
artists/writers received
support from New Deal
John Steinbeck
“The Grapes of Wrath”

44. Woody GuthrieWoody Guthrie
used music to express
American life during the
depression

45. GUTHRIE’S MUSIC
CAPTURES ERA
Singer Woody
Guthrie used music to
capture the hardship of
the Great Depression
Guthrie traveled the
country singing about
America
Guthrie

46. WPA Funded Art

47. Artist GrantArtist Grant
WoodWood
American GothicAmerican Gothic