The First New Deal Mr. Bach United States History.

The First New DealMr. Bach

United States History

What is the New Deal?

Name for the collective body of economic reforms undertaken by the federal government during the 1930s.

New Deal

Relief – to those sufferingRecovery – bringing the

economy back upReforms – preventing major

depressions in the future.

Why Does the New Deal Matter Today?

The New Deal dramatically changed the level of involvement of the federal government in people’s lives.

The federal government became much more powerful.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President (Democrat) from 1933 – 1945.

Campaigned on using the power of government to lift people out of the Great Depression.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Completely changed the role of the First Lady in the United States.

Was her husband’s “eyes and ears.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Bank HolidayFederal government temporarily

closed banks in order to stop bank runs.

After examining the banks, good ones were re-opened with federal assurances that deposited money was safe.

Fireside ChatsFDR used the power of radio to

directly address the American people in a friendly, reassuring way.

Helped to create a personal bond with the President (you could trust him).

Fireside Chats

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Assures that deposits are safe within banks.

FDIC

CCC

Civilian Conservation Corps18 to 25 year old men were

employed on conservation projects.

CCC

AAA

Agricultural Adjustment ActPaid farmers subsidies to

grow fewer crops (to decrease supply and increase price).

PWA

Public Works AdministrationEmployed people on public

works projectsDams, roads, bridges, schools, hospitals.

Lincoln Tunnel (NYC)

Grand Coulee Dam

SEC

Securities and Exchange CommissionFederal government agency that monitors the nation’s stock markets.

Martha Stewart

Enron

TVA

Tennessee Valley AuthorityProvided jobs to build dams and

power plantsProvided power to poor rural

areas in the South.

The Second New Deal

Growth of Organized Labor

The NIRA (a New Deal act) guaranteed the rights of workers to form unions.

Important UnionsAmerican Federation of Labor

(AFL)Union for skilled workers

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)Union for factory workers in mass production

Sit-Down Strike

Workers remained in the factory Scabs could not be brought in to run the machines

Company thugs could not attack picket lines.

Social Security Act

Provides a guaranteed pension to people 65+

Provides payment to disabled workers and needy children.