Finally Friday, Jan. 30, 2015

• Take your seat• Take out your New Deal Programs Chart

Today’s Agenda

• Finish Home Groups

• Wrap up New Deal Programs

• Homework:• Copy FN: “The Second New Deal”

New Deal Programs Wrap Up

In your notebook on the page that you are going to tape this into answer the following

questions in 5-8 sentences

1.How did the programs of the New Deal begin solving the problems of the Great Depression ?

2.Which two programs do you feel were the best ideas that FDR and his Brain Trust had in dealing

with the Great Depression? Why?

The Second New Deal11.6.2, 11.6.5

EQ: What major issues did the Second New Deal address?

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1936

D Franklin Roosevelt 27,752,869 523

R Alfred M. Landon 16,674,665 8

U William Lemke 882,479 --

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What does this suggest about the way Americans felt about how FDR was handling the New Deal? 4

Second New Deal (1935 – 1938)

• Works Projects Administration (WPA)• Harry Hopkins spent $11 billion

to provide 8 million jobs• economist John Maynard Keynes

argued the government should spend money to end the depression

• the WPA focused on big projects but also funded art and music

• 650,000 miles of roads• 78,000 bridges• 125,000 buildings• presented 225,000 concerts for 150 million+• commissioned almost 475,000 works of art• wages varied from $19-94/month 5

Second New Deal (1935 – 1938)

• Central Valley Project• created series of

dams and canals for N. California

• provides water, electricity and recreation for millions in CA

• 3,000,000 acres of irrigated land

• $300 billion revenue, as of about 2000

• 7 million acre feet of water annually

• electricity for 2 million Californians 6

Second New Deal (1935 – 1938)

• Bonneville Dam• major dam

on the Columbia River

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• Social Security, 1935• new tax on income to

raise money for old-age pensions

• money also given to the unemployed and the disabled

• some groups like farmers and homemakers were excluded

• the program has been expanded over the years and still exists today

• Medicare and Medicaid

Second New Deal (1935 – 1938)

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Organized Labor and the New Deal

• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)• created to look into

workers’ complaints

• Wagner Act, 1935• recognized the right of

unions to collectively bargain on issues such as wages, hours, and benefits

• Minimum Wage• originally set at 25c with a

maximum 44 hour work week

• Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 also finally outlawed child labor 9

Organized Labor and the New Deal

• AFL-CIO, • John L. Lewis led

negotiations with big companies like General Motors

• used sit-down strike to avoid violence

• union membership rose dramatically

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Controversies from the New Deal

• Court Packing, 1937• several New Deal

programs were thrown out by the Supreme Court

• FDR wanted to appoint 6 new judges so they would support him

• public opinion turned against him and he dropped the idea

• FDR will eventually appoint 8 justices due to retirements and old age

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Controversies from the New Deal

• Government Regulation of the Economy• laissez-faire was

gone forever• the government

today regulates or influences almost every aspect of the economy

• interest rates, money supply, business mergers,

• FDR’s supporters said he saved capitalism from itself

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Controversies from the New Deal

• Welfare State• government is

responsible for the welfare of the children, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor

• since the New Deal, debate has been not whether the gov should help but how

• Deficit Spending• under FDR the

government spent more than it had

• this created a national debt

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Controversies from the New Deal

• FDR Increased the Power of Presidency• elected 4 times ending the

two-term tradition• the 22nd amendment made two

terms the limit• used the media to get

support for his ideas• took control of the economy• created many new programs

run by the bureaucracy which worked for the President

• Social Security, SEC, WPA• raised expectations of the

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Essential Question – 1 paragraph, SUTW

• What major issues did the Second New Deal address?

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