1. The Great Depression, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, and His New
Deal
Created by: Emily Thorpe
2. Those Who Play Must Pay – The
1920s Come to an Abrupt Halt
Stock market crash of 1929 did
NOT cause the Great Depression
Other Factors Involved
Industrial and agricultural
overproduction
Unequal distribution of wealth
in America
Over-extension of credit &
high individual debt
Poor international economy
due to World War I
Weak American banks
3. Herbert Hoover’s Response
Voluntary Measures
National Credit
Association
Organization for
Unemployment Relief
Limited Government
Intervention
Thought businesses
should be self-
regulating
Called the “Do Nothing”
President
4. 1932 Presidential Election
Candidates
Herbert Hoover - (R)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(FDR) - (D)
Roosevelt’s Platform
More active
government
New ideas to get out of
Depression
7. National Banking Crisis
Between 1930 & 1932 there was
widespread bank failure
FDR called Congress back into session on
March 6th, 1933 & enacted an
emergency bank proposal
By the end of March, citizens put their
trust back into the bank system
8. It’s Time For a New Deal –
Purposes of This Plan
Relief: Recovery:
Create jobs for the Provide the economy with
unemployed the tools to succeed again
Protect farmers from
foreclosure
Reform: Overall Goal:
Government regulation of
banks Save Capitalism
Abolish child labor
Conserve farm lands
9. First New Deal (1933-1934)
“The first hundred days” –
March 9th to June 16th,
1933
All efforts went towards
aiding big business,
agriculture, &
unemployed
“Alphabet Soup”
10. Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
Provided jobs to “city
boys”
Would be paid $30
monthly to do work in
environment
Successful tool at this
time
11. Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Provided jobs for the
unemployed to
encourage moral
Developed from the
Federal Emergency Relief
Administration (FERA)
Provided a budget to
aid states in helping the
unemployed
12. Reform for Financial Matters
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Oversee stock and bond markets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Insure bank deposits that reach up to $5,000
13. Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA)
Aided one of the most
devastated areas of country
Dams & hydroelectric plants
built
Provided jobs & electricity
14. Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA)
Confronted the problem
of overproduction
Created the Agricultural
Adjustment
Administration (AAA)
Goal to raise farm prices
by encouraging farmers
to produce less
15. National Industrial Recovery Act
(NIRA)
Created the Public Works
Administration (PWA) &
the National Recovery
Administration (NRA)
NRA
Created a partnership
between businesses,
labor, & the
government
Labor Reforms
16. Second New Deal (1935-1936)
Although First New Deal
was successful, many
were still unemployed
FDR Presented list of
reforms to Congress in
Spring 1935
Requested & received
$4.8 billion in relief
17. Works Progress Administration
(WPA)
Able to employ 25% of
country’s workforce
Low paying &
temporary jobs to
avoid competition with
private enterprises
Types of Jobs
Repaired infrastructure
Ex: roads, bridges
Built schools
18. Social Security Act of 1935
Created a national pension fund, unemployment
insurance program, & public assistance programs
Pension would be financed by a payroll tax
starting in 1937
Flaws to this law
19. Wagner Act of 1935
Prohibited employers
from engaging in a
variety of unfair labor
practices
Created the National
Labor Relations Board
(NLRB)
20. FDR’s Second Term (1937-1940)
“Court packing”
Rise of Nazis in Germany
Loss of New Deal
momentum
Fair Labor Standards Act
Abolished child labor
Gave minimum hourly
wage (40 cents)
Gave maximum work
week (40 hours)
21. Why It All Matters
Physical rehabilitation to the nation
Provided help to suffering citizens
Revitalization of Politics
Extension of the definition of democracy
Strengthened the executive branch’s power
Did not end the Great Depression
22. Works Cited
Information: online-history.org/us2-docs/FDR-New-Deal.ppt
Information: users.ipfw.edu/gatesb/H106h.PPT
Information: American Passages – A History of the United States by Edward
Ayers, David Oshinsky, Lewis Gould, & Jean Soderlund
FDR Picture - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Soup Kitchen Picture -
http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011/tag/great-depression/
FDR Inaugural Address Audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm3Bntsp2ck
Political Cartoon - http://willrabbe.com/microblog/2011/2/10/fdr-hoover-
inauguration-1933.html
Electoral Map - http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:1932_Electoral_Map.png
25. Works Cited Continued
Social Security Picture - http://biggovernment.com/tag/social-security/
NLRB Picture - http://www.sjsapush.com/ch25.php
“Why Can’t You Give My Dad A Job?” - http://www.profi-
forex.us/news/entry4000000221.html
