The

NEW DEALUSHC 6.4

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