Respond on the slip of paper at your seat: 3 things you KNOW about the Great

Depression Era (GDE) 2 connections you have to the GDE 1 lingering questions you have about

the GDE.BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS

TOMORROW (April 13)

Chapter 34 “The Great Depression and New Deal”

Bonus Army WWI Vets marched

on DC in 1932 to lobby Congress for payment of bonus

Hoover called in Army to remove B.A.

Significance: Hoover appeared heartless to already angry Americans

FDR won with “I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people.” Vague but promised

to balance the budget and gov aid to those affected by the Great Depression

FDR won by a landslide; African-Americans began to shift from Rep. to Democrat

5 months Americans had to wait for the transition from Hoover to FDR Hoover tried to bind FDR’s plans American economy came to a virtual halt

21st Amendment repealed prohibition 20th Amendment president’s new term moved from March to January

FDR “winged” it as he took office Fireside chats to communicate with American people (future POTUS will make weekly addresses with American people)

3 R’s: Relief, Recovery, & ReformUnprecedented passage of

legislation “alphabet soup”

1933-1935=First New Deal

Which New Deal Program did you like the most from yesterday’s chart and why?

HW: Chapter 35 multiple choice

Great Depression & WWII Test=April 20

CCC, WPA, CCC, WPA, PWA, FERA, PWA, FERA,

NYANYA

NNRRAA

AAAAAA

SSA, FDIC, Wagner Act, SSA, FDIC, Wagner Act, TVA, FHA, SEC, REA, Fair TVA, FHA, SEC, REA, Fair

Labor Standards Act, Labor Standards Act, Indian Reorganization ActIndian Reorganization Act

RReliefelief

(short term)

RRecoveryecovery

(medium term)

RReformeform

(Long term)

EEBBRRAA

Think of Reliefas a “food bowl” that provides

temporary relief to people

out of work.

The “Three R’s” of the New DealThe “Three R’s” of the New Deal

FDR’s “twin pillars of

Recovery”: NRA & AAA

Reform is the foundation that plays a permanent

role in the U.S. economy

FDR selected experts for his “inner circle” versus typical politicians or businessmen Frances Perkins: 1st woman cabinet

member as Sec. of LaborFirst Lady Eleanor Roosevelt became

more “active” and set the example for future First Ladies Child labor, women’s rights, etc.

FDR declared a national “banking holiday” b/t March 6-10, 1933 to allow for banks to tend to the crisis

Took nation off the gold standardExamples of New Deal Legislation:

FDIC—protect ind. deposits up to $5K SEC—regulate the stock market

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)—most popular N.D. program; employed almost 3 million young men in outdoor gov camps

Works Progress Administration (WPA): employed almost 9 million people on public projects; Federal Arts Project Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA): gov paid farmers not to plant crops, subsidies

Great Plains region Created by

overplowing of land

Drought and high winds in the region

Families began to move and lost farms

First New Deal Legislation was struck down in the courts

FDR will try to pack the courts: Retirement age to SC justices Increase # from 9 to 15

Second New Deal: focused on more reform; legislation better written

Father Charles Coughlin: believed New Deal favored industry and wealthy farmers

Sen. Huey P. “Kingfish” Long “Share Our Wealth” Popular Governor in LA;

later assassinated Dr. Francis Townshend:

looked out for the elderly and felt the New Deal forgot them

Though FDR faced some opposition in the 1936 Election, he won by a HUGE landslide (523 to 2)

Failed to cure the Great Depression (WWII)

Bureaucracy mushroomedStates lost powerNational debt grewUS became a “handout” stateNew Deal was too socialisticFDR’s leadership restored US’s pride

Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930s.

How has the Great Depression CHANGED the United States? (ESP)

To what extent was the New Deal successful in achieving relief, recovery and reform?

To what extent was Franklin Roosevelt conservative? To what extent was he liberal?

Compare and contrast the New Deal’s goals and actions with those of the Progressive Era.