the new deal chapter 24.1. fdr’s background what do you know about fdr?
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20th Amendment• March inauguration• 20th Amendment –
changes inauguration• Why change?• Reduces lame duck
period• Get the Brain Trust
to work!
21st Amendment
• Prohibition OVER!• Ratified in 1933• Last to ratify =
Utah, Ohio…•… and
Pennsylvania?
Restore Hope
Fireside chats
First Fireside Chat
Two Theories• Keynsian
Economics• “Prime the Pump”• Borrow and spend
money…• To create jobs• Run up large
deficits• Pay debt later
• Supply Side Economics• Tax cuts and
breaks• Businesses
reinvest• Jobs created• Benefits “trickle
down”
The Hundred Days
• “FDR Push” = • New Programs:• Relief = people in
need• Recovery = for the
economy• Reform = never
happen again
Collaboration• Read Chapter
24.1 (p.624 – 631)• Research your
programs• Record your
findings (poster!)• Share with
others
Political Attacks
• From the left:• Huey Long• Father Coughlin• Dr. Francis Townsend• Union Party
• From the right:• American Liberty
League• Supreme Court
FDR Response• Second New Deal = • Works Progress
Administration• National Youth
Administration• Revenue Act of 1935• Social Security Act• National Labor Relations
Act• Soil Conservation and
Adjustment Act
Collaboration
• Pick a partner (or two…)• Pick a program• Record your
findings (poster!)• Share with the
class
Final Legislation
• Second AAA (AAA2):– “ever normal granary”–Crop insurance
• Fair Labor Standards Act –Maximum hours–Minimum wage–Overtime pay–No child labor
Recovery and Recession
• Economy = slow, steady, shaky• 1937 = deficit fears
• Roosevelt actions:• 1. Less spending• 2. Lays off workers• 3. Social Security tax
• Effect:• Recession!• Back to Keynes!• Public fears!
Packing the Court (9 15)• Legislation =
reorganize fed courts• Add 6 to SC• Stated rationale• True rationale• Senate• Backlash• Effect – New Deal
support suffers
15?
Democratic Purge
• Conflict• Primary = anti-
speeches, letters by FDR• 1938 elections • Effect – No
Congressional support• NEW DEAL IS OVER!