The New Deal• How did the

federal government’s role in the life of average Americans radically change under Roosevelt’s New Deal?

BROAD GOALS OF THE NEW DEAL:

• RELIEF– “band aids” to stop the bleeding– Food, clothing, shelter, unemployment

• RECOVERY– Antidote/ medicine to treat immediate “disease”– Short term laws passed

• REFORM– “immunizations” to prevent disease from returning– Permanent changes to the role of the government

New Deal Posters

• Your poster should:– Identify the New Deal Program– Its purpose/ goal should be apparent– This is propaganda- it should persuade people to support

the New Deal Program• Be prepared to briefly explain:– The purpose of the program– The problem it addresses– Whom it helps– Is it designed for Relief, Recovery, and/or reform

Review: How did the New Deal programs attempt to address the causes and hardships of the Great Depression? Come up with

programs or actions FDR took for the following….

NEW

DEAL

High unemployment

Bank failures

Overproduction of crops

Overproduction of industry

Home foreclosures

Corruption in the Stock Market

Why might the New Deal be controversial? What do you think critics would complain about?

Bad or Good• Increased power of gov’t• EXPENSIVE!!• Taxes!• Threatens liberty and

private property (TVA)• Deficit spending- gov’t

spends $ does not have- big national debt

• http://www.usdebtclock.org/

• Did not end the Great Depression

• Got us through Grt Dp– Bank crisis– Farmers protected– Work for millions

• Gov’t responsible for citizens’ welfare– Social Security

• Democracy survived!– Other nations turned

to dictators

Analyze your cartoon

• Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?• Exaggeration- why?• Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to

a more familiar one?– How are they similar?

• Irony– Are things not as they should be?

• What do you think the cartoonist was trying to say?

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

According to this cartoon, what is the New Deal leading to?    Why do you think the cartoonist feels this way?   How does the Constitution protect citizens from “tyranny”?     

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

What branch is not cooperating?

What power is the Supreme Court using?

REORGANIZATION PROGRAM

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

How would FDR’s “Court Packing Plan”Change the balance of power in the government?

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

Labels/ Symbols- why that symbol?Exaggeration- why?

Analogy- is a complicated issue being compared to a more familiar one? How are they similar?Irony- Are things not as they should be?

What is the cartoonist’s point?

Why do you thinkCongress did not passFDR’s Court Packing plan?

Checks and Balances in action

• Power used by Supreme Court to “check” FDR:

• Power FDR tried to use to “check” Supreme Court?

• Power(s) Congress used to “check” FDR’s power grab?

• Why is Obama compared to FDR so much?• http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/28/politics/scotus-health-care/index.html

• What is potentially standing in the way of Obama’s health care plan that was put into law?

Regents questions:

• Key result of ND: The federal government has responsibility for well being of Americans

• Hoover v. Roosevelt- ideas on role of government in the economy

• Wagner Act/ NLRB- power to labor unions to form/ collective bargaining

• Sup Ct. vs. Roosevelt: increased power of pres/ programs unconstitutional/ “court packing plan”

Essay question: Describe how New Deal programs addressed each of the 3 goals of the New Deal

• different program/ law for each goal• paragraph each• Describe the problem and solution in detail for full credit

• Relief- immediate help for those struggling

• Recovery- changing the economic system to fix the problems and have long term recovery

• Reform- permanent changes in the involvement of the government in the economy and lives of Americans