New Deal Mr Mize RRR RELIEF REFORM RECOVERY

New Deal Mr. Mize

RRR RELIEF REFORM • RECOVERY

THE FIRST 100 DAYS CLOSES BANKS: ESTABLISH FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company) Ensured Savings accounts up to $100, 000 Get Americans to trust banks again AMERICANS GET RELIEF CREATES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS Get money to the needy & low income families FAST!

ALPHABET SOUP FERA: Federal Emergency Relief Agency Sends federal money to local areas CWA: Civil Works Administration Provided jobs on public projects.

MORE ALPHABET SOUP THE FIRST 1 OO DAYS CCC: CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS 2. 5 MILLION SINGLE MALES PUT TO WORK IN NATION’S FORESTS, BEACHES, ETC.

EVEN MORE ALPHABET SOUP PWA: PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION AAA: Agricultural Adjustment Administration TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority WHAT DO THESE HAVE IN COMMON?

CRITICISM OF THE NEW DEAL SUCCESS? OR FAILURE? Supreme Court thought FDR was gaining too much power monarchy UP AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT NRA AAA

A SECOND NEW DEAL MORE AGGRESSIVE MORE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS STRICTER CONTROLS ON BUSINESS STRONGER SUPPORT FOR UNIONS HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH. MORE ALPHABET SOUP: NEW AGENCIES TO ATTACK POVERTY AND CREATE JOBS AND HELP FARMERS.

NEW LAWS PASSED WAGNER ACT WHICH LEADS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SOCIAL SECURITY ACT NIRA: NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT: Regulates wages Working conditions Production & prices

IS EVERYBODY HAPPY NOW? NO: WHILE THE NEW DEAL HELPED SOME PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MISERY, IT DID NOT END THE DEPRESSION MANY PEOPLE CRITICISED ROOSEVELT AND HIS PROGRAMS

IT’S UNFAIR: WOMEN MINORITIES JOBS STILL FAVORED WHITE MALES NO PROTECTION FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE PROGRAMS TENDED TO REINFORCE RACISM ESPECIALLY IN THE SEGREGATED SOUTH.

POLITICAL RIGHT THE WEALTHY PROGRAMS ARE SOCIALISTIC FEAR OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN LIVES WITH THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

POLITICAL LEFT: WANTED A REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH NEW DEAL: NOT RADICAL ENOUGH STILL: UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH SOCIALISTS HUEY LONG FATHER COUGHLIN

LASTING EFFECTS OF THE NEW DEAL: TODAY PRESIDENCY MORE ACTIVE ROLE SOLVES PROBLEMS MAKES PROGRAMS LABOR UNIONS NEW DEAL CHANGES RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UNION FOREVER.

CULTURE: TODAY THANKS TO THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS SUPPORTS THE ARTS THROUGH PUBLIC PROGRAMS GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE PRODUCED: GRAPES OF WRATH, GONE WITH THE WIND, ETC. ENTERTAINMENT: RADIO & MOVIES

BEFORE AND AFTER THE NEW DEAL BEFORE: WOMEN AND MINORITIES NOT ALLOWED IN UNIONS. AFTER : JOBS WELCOME WORKERS REGARDLESS OF SEX OR RACE. NO COLLECTIVE STRIKES: FLINT SIT DOWN STRIKE BARGAINING ALLOWED BY GOVERNMENT

WHAT’S LEFT TODAY OF FDR AND HIS NEW DEAL? FDIC SOCIAL SECURITY GREAT PUBLIC WORKS MONUMENTS: BRIDGES DAMS PUBLIC BUILDINGS SEWAGE SYSTEMS HOSPITALS CCC PROJECTS TVA PROJECTS