FDR’s First New Deal
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FDR’s First New Deal
Cause Legislation / Organization Effect
Emergency Banking Relief ActDeclared a 4-day bank __________;
gave loans to banks that needed them
Federal government insures bankdeposits up to $5000
Failing Banks
Jobs for almost 2 million young men;replanted trees, built trails,
fought fires
Provided jobs to build bridges,dams, power plants, and
government buildings
Joblessness
National RecoveryAdministration
(NRA)
Problems inIndustry
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)
Limited crop production; farmerswere paid to kill livestock & NOT to
plant part of their landRural, Farming
Problems
New Deal Opposition
Conservatives
How did conservatives feelabout the New Deal?
What organization did New Deal critics create?
Francis Townsend
What did his program propose?
Huey Long
What was the name of theprogram he supported?
What did the program propose?
What happened to Huey Long?
Father Charles Coughlin
How was he critical of FDR?
FDR’s Second New Deal
Cause Legislation / Organization Effect
Provided more than 8 million jobs;built airports, roads, public buildings
Unemployment
Wagner Act
Hardships/lowstandards of living
for workers
Pension system for people over 65;unemployment insurance; aid for
the disabled & the poorPoverty
Set a minimum wage, a max workweek, and outlawed child labor
Congress of IndustrialOrganizations (CIO)
New Deal Opposition
Ruled that the________________________________
and the________________________________
were unconstitutional
U.S. Supreme Court
FDR proposes a plan to:
Nickname of the bill:
Effect of the plan on FDR: