Transcript Chapter 34 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt & The New Deal

Chapter 34 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt & The New Deal
Analyze the responses of FDR’s administration to the
problems of the Great Depression. How effective were
these responses? How did they change the role of the
federal government?
Platform:
Balanced-Budget
Repeal Prohibition
Decreased G spending
New Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt – First Lady
First “influential” First Lady
worked in Settlement Houses
fought against segregation
champion of “commoner”
The Election of 1932
Red = Roosevelt
Blue - Hoover
Roosevelt wins with 57% of
popular vote!
The Three “R’s” and the Hundred Days
•Relief
•Recovery
•Reform
“Stopping a run on an old financial
institution”
Bank Holiday
Progressive ideas:
Social insurance
Collectivization
Employment insurance
Conservation
Restrictions on child labor
Crunching The Numbers of the First New Deal
GDP – 1933 $74.2 billion
1935 $91.4 billion
Weekly Earnings $16.73
1935 $20.13
Unemployment
25%
1935 20%
Farm Income
$1.9 billion 1935 $4.6 billion
The Dust Bowl
Causes of The Dust Bowl
Use of marginal soil
Overproduction
Dry Farming Techniques
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Wilson Dam – completed in 1933
The Election of 1936
Roosevelt wins 61% of popular vote
Electoral college – 523 to 8 (Alfred Landon).
20th Amendment: 1933 “lame duck”
moved presidential inaugurations from Mar. 4 to Jan. 20 to shorten time
between election and inauguration
Roosevelt’s Political Stumble
The Court Packing Scheme
The Opposition to Roosevelt
The Balance Sheet of FDR and New Deal
Positives
Negatives
Prevent further decline
Did not end Depression
Safety net during crisis
Little employment gains
More humane labor conditions
Wage discrimination for minorities
Challenged the power of big
corporations
Socialist/Communist
Regulation of stock market
Court Packing
Expanded power of President ??
Large budget deficit
Expanded power of Federal gov’t
??
People reliant upon government
Expanded power of Democrats ??
Class conflict
Increased participation for
minorities
Averted a socialist/communist takeover
Preserved greatest resources workers