Finish up your Depression Devastates Worksheet with classmates

Finish up your Depression Devastates Worksheet with classmates. Grab a text book or review book. 5/7 Learning Target I can explain what was done to fix the Great Depression and whether it worked. Opportunity for greater learning-HW choose two programs from each category RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM, define and put into your note books.

NEW DEAL POSTER: RB 199, Text 706 This poster is due at the end of the period. You and your group must have the following on the poster: 1. Divide poster into three sections; Relief, Recovery, & Reform 2. Identify your three programs as a relief, recovery or reform and put them in the right section. Use your Text/Review book to find out. 3. Name and describe the purposes of each of your three programs (make sure to give initials and full name). 4. Be able to tell others whether it worked to fix some problems 5. Give illustration for each program that describes its function 6. Put group’s names on poster.

5/8 Get your poster materials, text book, review book and take out your Post test # 7. Learning Target- I can explain what was done to fix the Great Depression and if it worked. Post Test # 7 1. 1 2. 1 3. 1 4. 2 5. 1 6. 4 7. 4 8. 4 9. 3 10. 1 11. 4 12. 1 13. 1 14. 2 15. 1 16. 2 17. 3 18. 2 19. 3 20. 3 21. 1 22. 3 23. 1 24. 3 25. 4

Get your New Deal Poster- be ready to present. Take out your FDR #24, review book and a text book 5/11 Learning Target I can explain what was done to fix the Great Depression and whether it worked. Opportunity for greater learning: Finish FDR packet using ppt on website for 10 pts. Study for test.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democrat 1933 - 1945

Relief Recovery Reform 198 -200 RB The New Deal in Action Alphabet Soup Programs

THE NEW DEAL strategies Federal gov’t more involved in economy than ever before Lower taxes, but increased gov’t spending Federal regulation over banks, businesses, stock exchange Deficit spending – gov’t was spending more than taking in to stimulate economy so people would start spending again

FDR AND THE SUPREME COURT, CONSTITUTION, AND CRITICS, Schechter Poultry Corp. v. U. S. 1935 Declared the NRA (National Recovery Act) unconstitutional Why? 1. Congress does not have the right to regulate intrastate commerce, (commerce within a state) or pass that to the executive branch 2. Violated separation of powers by giving this power to the executive branch (Congress is supposed to regulate commerce)

U. S. v. Butler 1936 AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) declared unconstitutional Why? ◦ Agriculture is a local, not interstate matter according to 10 th Amendment

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Provided jobs, flood control, cheap electricity for rural areas of 7 states But some criticized it as being socialist

The Judicial Reorganization Plan Also know as the packing” “court plan New Deal legislation continues to get vetoed by Court so… FDR wanted the number of Supreme Court justices to go from 9 – 15 if they refused to retire at age 70 What does this threaten? ◦ Separation of Powers and system of checks and balances

First lady Eleanor, continued to push humanitarian, women’s, and minority issues to her husband

3 rd Term Unwritten constitution says presidents should only serve 2 terms Who started this precedent? FDR wins a 4 th term! 22 nd Amendment later passed to limit presidential terms to 2

New Deal Helped with many of the problems of the Depression, but WWII probably helped more