Post on 18-Dec-2015
1932 Presidential Election
1928 1932 1936 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)(D-NY)Thirty-second POTUS1933-1945
Governor of New York
Crippled by polio as an adult
www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/warrenharding
FDR’s First Inaugural Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNpxQANk0M
The “New Deal”
The “3 R’s”
RRR
ELIEF
ECOVERY
EFORM
Bank Holiday / Fireside Chats
FDR’s “Alphabet Soup”
AAA
FDICSEC
CCC
PWA
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment ActTHE PROBLEM:Crop prices too low
THE SOLUTION:Crop subsidies
National
Recovery
Administration
Authorized the government and business
leaders to develop
codes of fair competition
Securities and Exchange Commission
“Make Work” ProjectsCCC PWA
Public Works Administration
Construction Projects
Civilian Conservation Corps
Table Rock State Park
State and National
Parks
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rural ElectrificationPublic Utilities
The “Second New Deal”1935-1936
National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act
Pro-labor Union LegislationNational Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Old Age Pensions
Criticisms of the New Deal
From the Left:Too COLD!
From the Right:Too HOT!
Sen. Huey P. Long (LA)
“Share Our
Wealth”
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S.1935
9-0In favor of the Schechters
The NRA violated the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U.S.1935
UNCO
NSTITUTIONAL
Commerce ClauseINTERSTATE
“Horse and Buggy” Constitution
Court-packing Scheme
• Independent Judiciary
• FDR:• Add a justice for every
member (up to six) over 70 years of age
FAILFDR’s first major legislative defeat
More Cartoons:http://www.authentichistory.com/1930-1939/02-newdeal/5-courtpacking/
1936 Presidential Election
1928 1932 1936 1940
FDR and Race Relations
New Deal CoalitionIncluded Southern Whites
Civil Rights Legislation
BUT New Deal programs (e.g., CCC) provided unemployed African Americans with work.
FDR and Race Relations
The EOC Let’s guess what the EOC makers are going to want to assess.
New Deal
Unemployment
WWII
Unemployment
New Deal
GDP
GDPWWII