1)  ReadtheNewDealassignment

2)  Answerthequestionsthatfollowalongwitheachreading

3)  YouwillsubmitthesereadingsandusethemtocompletetheepisodemapontheNewDealattheendofclass

I.  Although the economy improved during FDR’s first term (1932-1936), the US was not out of the depression

II.  Unemployment & homelessness

remained high and people wanted solutions

III.  In 1936 the American people reelected FDR demonstrating support for his New Deal policies

A.  Democrats also won reelection in both houses of Congress

B.  The New Deal would be allowed to continue

I.  FDR launched the “Second New Deal” and the “Second Hundred Days”

II.  FDR 1st wanted to help farmers – revived the AAA to

assist poor farmers III.  AAA provided more than $1 billion to help farmers end

overproduction and revive American agriculture

Arkansas Tenant Farmers,1936

I.  FDR also assisted urban workers during his 2nd New Deal

II.  Congress created the Works Progress Administration to help industrial workers

III.  The WPA worked to create as many

industrial jobs as possible as quickly as possible

IV.   The WPA spent $11 billion to give

industrial jobs to 8 million workers

V.  The WPA also hired artists, writers and photographers to create public art

I.  The National Youth Administration (NYA) was created to provide education, jobs and recreation activities for young people

II.  NYA gave America’s youth

employment opportunities and provided relief from the Great Depression

I.  In the 2nd New Deal Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (Wagner Act)

II.  This law protected workers’ rights to

create unions and collectively bargain for better conditions

III.  The NLRA protected workers from unfair business practices and requested minimum wages

IV.   The NLRA tried to get Americans working and out of the Great Depression.

I.  In 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act

A.  Set maximum hours at 44 per week

B.  Minimum wage at 25 cents per hour

C.  Banned hazardous work for children under 18

II.  The FLSA attempted to provide industrial workers with fair salaries

I.  The most important achievement of the New Deal era was the creation of the Social Security System

II.  The Social Security Act, passed in

1935, had 3 parts: A.  Old-Age Pension (retirement funds) B.  Unemployment compensation (lose your

job à payment) C.  Aid to families with dependent children &

disabled (welfare)

III.  The SSA attempted to ensure that the American people would be protected from poverty

I.  By1937FDRfacedcri4cismsA.  TheGreatDepressioncon4nues(8years)B.  TheNewDealisexpensiveandproblems

ares4llpresentinAmericansociety.

II.  TheNewDealwasnots4mula4ng

theeconomyandendingtheGreatDepression

III.  TheNewDealwasintendedtojumpstarttheAmericaneconomyyetstruggledtoprovidelong-termsolu4onstoproblems

I.  TheNewDealsuccessfullyofferedreliefprogramsliketheCCC,PWA,WPAtohelppeoplesurvivetheDepression

II.  NewDealreformedthestockmarket(SEC),banking(FDIC),

industrialworkers(WagnerAct,FLSA),lifefortheelderly(SocialSecurity)

III.  But,theNewDealdidnotleadtoafullrecoveryoftheAmericaneconomy

IV.  In193810millionpeopleweres4llunemployedandtheeconomygrewslowly

I.  During the New Deal the Federal government became incredibly active and powerful

A.  Government has become involved in almost every aspect of American life

B.  The government will never give back this power to the people taken during the New Deal

II.  The New Deal was the 1st time the U.S. government

stepped in to defend the welfare of the American people

III.  The New Deal created unified a new political party

of women, minorities and poor Americans

I.  The New Deal helped relieve unemployment but didn’t solve the problem long-term

II.  The New Deal unsuccessfully jumpstarted the economy

III.  The stock market (SEC) & banks (FDIC) were

stabilized IV.  The government now has control over the

American economy

I.  The New Deal offered financial help to those in need

II.  First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt used the New Deal to campaign to help women & minority groups & spoke out against racism in America

III.  The New Deal created welfare and other programs to help out struggling Americans

IV.  The New Deal created many social programs (Social Security, Food Stamps, Welfare) to assist Americans in poverty

1)  CreateanepisodemapontheNewDealusingtheinformationfromnotes,readingassignments,webquests,dbqsandanyotherresource