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America Gets a New Deal, 19321940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Election of 1932. The Coming of the New Deal. Francis Perkins, Sec. of Labor. Harold Ickes, Sec. of the Interior. The Banking Crisis. The NRA. Unemployment Relief and Public Works. PWA Construction Site. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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America Gets a New Deal, 19321940
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The Election of 1932
The Coming of the New Deal
Francis Perkins, Sec. of Labor
Harold Ickes, Sec. of the Interior
The Banking Crisis
The NRA
Unemployment Relief and Public Works
Civilian Conservation Corps
PWA Constructio
n Site
Tennessee Valley
Authority
The New Deal and Agriculture
The New Deal and Housing
Supreme Court and the First New Deal
The Grassroots
Revolt
Labor’s Resurgence
Voices of Protest
Huey Long Father Charles Coughlin
The Second New Deal
The WPA
Social Security and the American Welfare
State
The Election of 1936
The Court Fight
The Limits of Change
The New Deal and Women
Eleanor Roosevelt
The New Deal and Minorities
Mary McLeod Bethune
The New Deal in
American History
A New Conception of America
Important New Deal legislationYear Legislation Purpose1933 National industrial Recovery
ActAllows businesses to set price,
wage, and production codes1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Paid farmers to plant less in
order to raise crop prices1933 Civilian Conservations Corps Employed young men in
reforestation and construction1933 Public Works Administration Construction projects provide
work relief to poor1933 Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 Insures Bank Deposits (FDIC)
and separates commercial and investment banking
1933 Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulated and reformed the way stocks were purchased
1933 Tennessee Valley Authority Brings electricity to rural areas, stops devastating
floods1935 Social Security Act Guaranteed eligible workers a
pension, unemployment insurance, and aid to disabled and widows with dependent
children1935 Wagner Act Offers government protection
to unions1935 Works Progress Administration Extensive public works
program that employed 8 million people from artists to
construction workers1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Established federal minimum
wage and maximum hours per week
Keynesian Economic Theory
An economic theory stating that active government intervention in the marketplace and monetary policy is the best method of ensuring economic growth and stability.
Soaring Unemployment
Competing Arguments
The New Deal did not end the Depression, but
lessened its impact and put us on the road to
recovery
The New Deal prolonged the Depression and
Roosevelt should have used conservative economic policies
What does this data reveal about unemployment from 1931-1940?
This Graph is counting people with New Deal jobs as employed. What does this say about the New Deal?
