Do-Now Use the following sentence starters to compose two mini-paragraphs. Your topics: • The Republican decade • Laissez-Faire leadership. I think For instance Furthermore Clearly The problem is If this continues then This is significant Historically, Wednesday January 21 th Agenda • Do-Now • Return Quizzes • Notes & Discussion • Reading Homework • Read Chapter 22, Section 1 • Answer Reading Comprehension questions 1. through 5. • Be prepared for a brief HOMEWORK QUIZ on this reading tomorrow
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Do-Now Use the following sentence starters
to compose two mini-paragraphs.
Your topics: • The Republican decade • Laissez-Faire leadership.
I thinkFor instanceFurthermoreClearly
The problem isIf this continues thenThis is significantHistorically,
Homework• Read Chapter 22, Section 1• Answer Reading Comprehension questions 1. through 5.• Be prepared for a brief HOMEWORK QUIZ on this reading tomorrow
Do-LaterDo-Later
The problem is…
Because of…
Therefore…
In short…
The end of the 1920’sThe end of the 1920’s
Herbert Hoover wins office in 1928– Coasting on a decade of Republican “success”– Coolidge rumored to leave office due to a
predicted economic ‘downturn’
Rugged IndividualismSelf-made millionaireHero of WWI
– Food Relief efforts
Herbert HooverHerbert Hoover“The greatness of America has grown
out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own– our American system– which has carried this great experiment in human welfare further than ever before in all history. We are nearer today to the ideal of the abolition of poverty and fear from the lives of men and women than every before in any land.”
The end of the 1920’sThe end of the 1920’sSummarizing a Decade of Economic Success“Unprecedented advance of wonderful
prosperity”– Worker’s wages raised over 40%– Stock market value swelled by the billions– Welfare Capitalism
New approach to labor relations: Workers needs negotiated, strikes stabilized, production
improves
– Consumer confidence soared
What could go wrong?
Warning signsWarning signs
Uneven Prosperity The rich got richer
– Big business grew more than small– 200 companies controlled 49% of U.S. industry– 0.1% of the nation’s population held 34% of the total
wealth– 80% of American families had no savings at all
Warning signsWarning signs
Personal debt rose– New to credit spending– Consumer items more affordable, more buying– Counted on a stable future income– Installment plans
American attitude toward spending shifted– Traditional wary of debt– Consumer culture changed
Warning signsWarning signs
Unsafe stock market speculation– Speculation: practice of making high-risk
investments in hopes of getting a huge return– Stock market climbed to dizzying hights– Press-promoted “Get rich quick!” stories– Brokers encouraged buying on margin: purchase a
stock for a fraction of the cost (10 to 50%) and borrow the rest
Assumed the stock would rise, earning money to pay the balance
GE Stock OfferGE Stock OfferDate Price #of Shares Value Profit
IV Government Response under Herbert HooverA. Rugged IndividualismB. Opposed Direct ReliefC. Optimism - Volunteer effortsD. Public Works (Hoover Dam)E. Gov’t Purchase of Surplus CropsF. Home Loan Bank ActG. Reconstruction Finance Corporation H. Bonus Army
1932 Election1932 Election
V 1932 Election
A. Republicans
B. Democrats
C. Results
The New DealThe New DealVI. FDR’s New Deal for the Forgotten Man
A. Three Rs
B. Experimentation
C. Pump Priming
D. Brain Trust
E. Bank Holiday
G. Fire Side Chats
H. 100 Days
I. FERA
J. Removal of Gold Standard
K. Reciprocal Trade Agreements (Smoot Hawley)
New Deal ProgramsNew Deal Programs
Program Date Purpose Method Additional
Notes
CWA
CCC
FERA
AAA
NRA
Program Date Purpose Method Additional
Notes
CWA
CCC
FERA
AAA
NRA
New Deal ProgramsNew Deal ProgramsProgram Date Purpose Method Additional Notes
PWA
HOLC
TVA
(REA)
FDIC
WPA
SEC
New Deal ProgramsNew Deal ProgramsProgram Date Purpose Method Additional
Notes
NYA
Social
Security
Wagner
Act
(NLRB)
FHA
FLSA
Document AnalysisDocument Analysis
Date: If available check the date and ask at what point in the depression is this document from? Who was president? How long had the New Deal been in effect? Work backwards to the date. If no date is given, are there clues that can tell you when the document was created?
What SPECIFIC issues can you talk about that are clearly represented in the picture?
What inferences can be made to allow for more indepth analysis and probably outside information?
CriticismCriticism
IV CriticismA. Left - Liberals - Redistribution of Wealth1. Dr. F. Townsend2. Father Coughlin4. Huey Long “Share Our Wealth”5. Communists/ Socialists - Norman ThomasB. Right - Conservatives - Too much government1. Republicans2. American Liberty League
V 1936 Election
1. FDR Continue New Deal
a. GDP 80 Billion
b. Supported by Unions, Farmers, Poor, Minorities
2. Alf Landon Rep.
a. Balance Budget
b. Return Power to states
c. New Deal Unconstitutional
1936 Election1936 Election
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41
200
150
100
50
0
Billions
Second TermSecond TermVI FDR ContinuesA. Packing the CourtB. Labor Unions1. Wagner Act – NLRB2. CIO3. AF of L - CIO rivalry4. Sitdown strikesC. 1937 Recession1. Spending Cuts2. More Pump Priming3. John Meynerd KeynesD. 1938 - Congressional Elections
Social/ Cultural ChangesSocial/ Cultural Changes
VII Minorities and the New DealA. DiscriminationB. New Deal1. Policy2. RealityC. Racial Tensions IncreaseD. Marian Anderson - Eleanor
E. Black Brain Trust / Federal Council on Negro Affairs – Mary McCleod Bethune
Social/Cultural ChangesSocial/Cultural Changes
F. Native Americans -Indian Reorganization Act
G. Women
*Francis Perkins
Eleanor
IX Arts, Music, EntertainmentIX Arts, Music, EntertainmentA. Supported by New Deal - WPAB. Literature1. Grapes of Wrath2. Gone With the WindC. Music - Jazz - Swing - Big Band Ellington, Basie,
