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The New DealFranklin D. Roosevelt

Failed Policies of Hoover• Believed in business cycle

• Promoted Volunteerism

• Favored “rugged individualism”

One Success

Hoover Dam, originally Boulder DamBuilt on Colorado RiverMuch needed employment to southwest region

Bonus ArmyBand of WWI veterans march on Washington

DC

Needed money NOW:Payment supposed to be in 1945Veterans wanted it in 1932

Election of 1932Hoover has no chance of reelection

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Democratic nomination

Governor of New York

New DealFDR elected president in landslide

Believed in strong action and leadership by gov.

Promised Americans a “New Deal”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNpxQANk0M

Was this a good message to the American people?

First 100 DaysBetween March and June: created 15

separate bills passed.

Fireside chats- informal radio addresses to the people

AssignmentRead about assigned New Deal programs in

Chapter 12 (pg 346).

Each group will be assigned a programResearch your program and create an

advertisement that would get people to participate in your program.

Your group will teach your program to the

class.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)Provided jobs for 2 million men

Replanted forests, dug irrigation ditches

Young unmarried men 18-25

Send home $25 a month to family

Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)Promoted farmers not to raise specific crops.

Lower production=increase prices

Later declared unconstitutional

National Recovery AdministrationGovern industries

Set minimum wages and prices

Increase worker and industry profit

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)Insure deposits up to $2,500

Required to post signs at business stating that they are backed by government

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Provided work for 8 million Americans

Constructed and repairs buildings and roadSchools, hospitals, highways, etc.

Tennessee Valley AuthorityAmong poorest in nation

Built dams in Tennessee Valley to control flood

Created jobs, generated electricity, attracted industry