SSUSH 18The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a

response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

A. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the environment

Election of 1932

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Democratic nominee

Progressive leaderGov. of New York Emphasis on relief programs

The New Deal

• FDR’s plan for ending the Depression

• Focused on 3 R’s: - Relief of citizens problems- Recovery of economy - Reform society

The Programs

• Known as alphabet soup

• Goal: address Three R’s

• FDR successful beginning programs in 1st 100 days

Emergency Banking Act establishes

“Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation”

TVA:Tennessee Valley Administration

Tennessee Valley Administration Act, 1933

• The TVA was designed to modernize the region, using experts and electricity to combat human and economic problems. TVA developed fertilizers, taught farmers ways to improve crop yields and helped replant forests, control forest fires, and improve habitat for fish and wildlife.

• The most dramatic change in Valley life came from TVA-generated electricity.

• Electric lights and modern appliances made life easier and farms more productive. Electricity also drew industries into the region, providing desperately needed jobs.

CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps: Created jobs in road-building & conservation projects to reduce unemployment

National Recovery Administration set prices and est. codes of fair practice for industries

Public Works Administration:

Provided $ to states to create jobs building schools and community buildings & reduce unemployment

Civil Works Administration: created 4 million jobs in

effort to reduce unemployment

SSUSH 18The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a

response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

B. Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism

Wagner Act• The National Labor Relations Board of the Wagner

Act of 1935 was created by Congress to protect workers' right to unionization.

• Guarantees employees the right to self-organize, choose their own representatives, and bargain collectively

• Encourages collective bargaining as a means of maintaining industrial peace.

SSUSH 18The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a

response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

C. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal

Second New Deal

• Surge in New Deal programs -- popular, yet, somewhat ineffective

• 1934 midterm elections Democrats

• Many of 1st New Deal programs ruled unconstitutional (b/c federal government deemed to have overstepped its authority)

• Led to “court packing” bill: attempt by FDR to increase # of justices on SC

2nd New Deal Programs

• Works Progress Administration-- Employment in public works; building airports, repairing

roads -- spent $ 11 billion & employed 8 million workers

• National Labor Relations Act - commonly called “Wagner Act”

- Recognized Labor right to organize & bargain

Works Progress Administration

Social Security Act:1935• The Social Security Act was drafted by President

Roosevelt's committee on economic security and passed by Congress as part of the New Deal.

• The act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children.

• By passing this act, President Roosevelt became the first president to advocate the protection of the elderly.

Social Security Act: 1935

• 3 parts: 1) old-age insurance for retirees & spouses 2) unemployment compensation 3) aid to families with children & the disabledFunded by workers and employers, and federal

funds made available to states

The Social Security Question?

• Social Security WILL eventually run out!

• Baby-boomers retire! Causes more retirees than workers

• Should retirement become privatized?

SSUSH 18The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a

response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

D. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and women’s activism

Eleanor Roosevelt

• Progressive reformer• Advocate for women’s and minority rights• Child welfare and housing reform

Eleanor Roosevelt 1.Eleanor Roosevelt continued to be an internationally prominent author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition. She worked to enhance the status of working women. 2.She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952, a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Senate. During her time at the United Nations she chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements

SSUSH 18The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a

response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

E. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelt’s domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey Long, the “court packing bill,” and the Neutrality Act

Examples of Challenges to FDR

• Political challenges to Roosevelt’s domestic and international leadership

• Role of Sen. Huey Long: LA: early FDR supporter turned critic -- wanted presidency; proposed national social program called “Share-Our-Wealth”; “Every man a king” -- assassinated in 1935

• The “court packing bill”

• Neutrality Act: outlawed arms sales or loans to nations at war; FDR criticized when US sent arms to China durin Japanese aggression; “ISOLATIONISTS” PROTESTED