The New Deal
Liberalism: Relief, Recovery,
& Reform
Hoover and the Economic Collapse
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What specific programs/policies did Hoover
and Congress employ to deal with the
economic collapse?
Stormy Weather: The Century
FDR: The Election of 1932
FDR: Liberal Policies
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First 100 Days (March-June 1933)
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Mandate: Shifting ‘Balance of Power’
Congress – Democrats control both Houses
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Active Liberal Gov’t: Brain Trust
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House – 313D – 117R (-101) / Senate 59D – 36R (-12)
w/ broad “Executive Power” – Economic Warfare
FDR & ‘Common Man’
Mass Media: Fireside Chats & Photo Ops
Must Restore American Confidence
The 3 R’s (Relief, Recovery, Reform)
Keynesian Economics
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My Spending
Your Earnings 
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Circular Flow
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Gov’t becomes
economic stimulator
in recession
‘Prime the Pump’ –
(Multiplier Effect)
Expand money
supply (off Gold
Standard)
Inflation & debt
The New Deal and Public Opinion
New Deal Remedies
Recovery: Priming Pump
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Hoover’s - RFC
Emergency
Banking Act (1933)
Civilian
Conservation Corps
(CCC) (1933)
Agricultural
Adjustment Act
(AAA) (1933)
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Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA)
Public Works
Administration
(PWA) - NIRA
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
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Most important & Controversial Legislation
Democratization of Workplace (Cooperation)
Industrial Codes
 Limit production to boost prices
 Fair competition through price controls
Right to Unionize
 Collective bargaining, maximum work week,
minimum wage, child labor abolished
Public Works Association (PWA)
Relief & Reform: First New Deal
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Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Public Utilities Holding Company
FDIC – Glass-Steagall Act
Confidence: Gov’t is on your side
Right attacks: COMMUNIST, Unconstitutional
Left attacks: Not enough
1934 Midterm Elections
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Political shift?
Economic Recovery?
House of Reps - Dem. (322) Rep. (104)
Senate
- Dem. (69) Rep. (27)
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FDR Mandate? Back to the……….
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New Deal (1934/1935)
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Securities and Exchange
Commission(1934)
Works Progress Adm.
(1935)
Social Securities Act
(1935)
Public Utilities Holding
Company (1935)
Revenue Act (1935)
1936 Election: FDR vs. the
Left and the Right
Social Impact of the New Deal
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Why did FDR have the support of diverse
American (typically excluded) groups?
Women, African-Americans, MexicanAmericans, Native-Americans, Labor (Farmers
& Urban)
Was FDR a civil rights president? Why or Why
not?
How should we view/describe the New Deal?
Legacy of the New Deal
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Increased Power of the Federal Gov’t
Gov’t = Offset Corporate Power
Gov’t – responsible to solve Economic problems &
welfare of its citizens
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Welfare, Job Creation, Agriculture & Industrial/Enterprise
Regulation, Environmental controls
Deficit spending, Taxation, Role of Gov’t (liberties)?
“Imperial Presidency” – power of executive
Roosevelt Coalition (Dems) dominate national politics
until Reagan’s presidency (1930’s - 1980’s)
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Farmers, Unions/Working Class, A-A.s, liberals
FDR Inaugural Address
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Broad Executive Power
Economic Warfare
Evidence
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These are the facts, examples, or support.
These are the details that form the
backbone or core of your body
paragraphs.
They provide the proof for the mini-thesis.
They can be generalizations.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was a
radical New Deal experiment as the
federal government pumped money into
regional planning, usually reserved for
private industries.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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The TVA produced hydroelectric power by
building dams, it produced and sold
fertilizer, reforested the area, and it
developed recreational areas in order to
build up the infrastructure and promote
local economies. (Davis 207)
Specific Evidence
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Your specific evidence builds upon the evidence
sentence by providing greater detail or a
concrete example.
These are often numbers, statistics, quotes, or
details.
These are needed to support your
generalizations and really prove your minithesis.
These will be your MLA cites
Was the New Deal Colorblind?
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Though FDR expressed a paternalistic concern
for blacks, he, along with many of his closest
advisors, was either unconcerned about
promoting civil rights or hesitant to stir up a
hornets nest in the Democratic, white South.
In Mississippi only 2% of the CCC were AfricanAmericans in 1933, and this pattern was similar
with other federal agencies such as the NRA
and AAA which depended on local support and
cooperation of local leaders, businesses and
workers (Link 291).