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    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 with a landslide victory, promising reforms to pull the country out of the Great Depression. He assembled a "Brain Trust" of advisors to devise the New Deal program. During the Hundred Days, Congress passed over 15 major bills establishing New Deal agencies and reforms to provide relief, reform the economy, and regulate finance. The Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps provided millions of jobs. The Social Security Act established a national retirement system that remains important today. However, some opposed the New Deal due to concerns over deficit spending.

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 with a landslide victory, promising reforms to pull the country out of the Great Depression. He assembled a "Brain Trust" of advisors to devise the New Deal program. During the Hundred Days, Congress passed over 15 major bills establishing New Deal agencies and reforms to provide relief, reform the economy, and regulate finance. The Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps provided millions of jobs. The Social Security Act established a national retirement system that remains important today. However, some opposed the New Deal due to concerns over deficit spending.

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 with a landslide victory, promising reforms to pull the country out of the Great Depression. He assembled a "Brain Trust" of advisors to devise the New Deal program. During the Hundred Days, Congress passed over 15 major bills establishing New Deal agencies and reforms to provide relief, reform the economy, and regulate finance. The Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps provided millions of jobs. The Social Security Act established a national retirement system that remains important today. However, some opposed the New Deal due to concerns over deficit spending.

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 with a landslide victory, promising reforms to pull the country out of the Great Depression. He assembled a "Brain Trust" of advisors to devise the New Deal program. During the Hundred Days, Congress passed over 15 major bills establishing New Deal agencies and reforms to provide relief, reform the economy, and regulate finance. The Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps provided millions of jobs. The Social Security Act established a national retirement system that remains important today. However, some opposed the New Deal due to concerns over deficit spending.

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    The New Deal

    Roosevelt Wins Presidency


    Roosevelt won the Presidency with a landslide

    victory.
    He promised reforms and new policies which would
    pull the country out of the depression

    The New Deal


    Roosevelt put together

    a team of advisors that


    consisted of
    professors, doctors,
    lawyers and
    journalists.
    This was known as
    The Brain Trust
    Roosevelt and The
    Brain Trust created a
    plan to pull us out of
    the depression known
    as The New Deal

    The Hundred Days


    Roosevelt launched a

    period of intense
    activity known as the
    Hundred Days
    Congress passed over
    15 pieces of New Deal
    legislation
    strengthened the
    Federal government

    Fireside Chats
    Roosevelt gave a series of radio addresses to the

    public
    They explained the progress of New Deal Reforms
    in plain language.
    They made Americans feel as if the President were
    talking directly to them

    New Deal and Banks


    Congress passed the

    Glass Steagall Act


    which established the
    FDIC
    This provided
    insurance to accounts
    of up to $5,000 dollars
    Helped renew trust in
    Americas banking
    system

    Rural Assistance
    Agricultural Adjustment Act
    The government sought to
    raise crop prices by
    lowering production
    The paid farmers not to
    plant crops.
    The reduced supply of
    crops would raise prices

    Providing Work
    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
    Put young men 18-25 to work building roads, planting
    parks, building dams

    NIRA
    National Industrial

    Recovery Act

    Created the National


    Recovery Administration
    (NRA)
    Provided federal money
    to states for
    construction projects
    Created standard
    working hours (8 hour
    work days)
    Banned child labor

    Many people opposed

    the new deal because


    it was a policy of
    deficit spending
    Deficit spending-
    spending more money
    that the government
    receives taxes.

    nd
    The 2

    New Deal

    after the first two years of office, there were


    many improvements, but unemployment
    was still high and the budget not doing well.
    Roosevelt created the 2nd New Deal

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor Roosevelt was a


    social reformer who
    heavily influenced her
    husbands policies
    Traveled the country
    observing the suffering of
    the depression and
    reported it back to her
    FDR
    She urged her husband to
    appoint women to
    government positions

    Works Progress Administration


    The WPA was created

    to give jobs not only to


    blue collar laborers,
    but white collar
    laborers as well
    This helped out artists,
    writers, poets and
    teachers.

    Improving labor
    Wagner act

    government would
    protect the rights of
    workers
    Workers were able to
    join unions and
    engage in collective
    bargaining.

    Social Security Act

    The Social Security act was passed in 1935


    Federal tax would be taken out of wages
    This tax would go to people over the age of 65
    This was one of the most important New Deal Reforms

    Questions
    1.
    2.
    3.

    4.

    How did the New Deal help farmers?


    What is the FDIC?
    Why do you feel the Social Security Act is
    considered to be one of the most
    important achievements of the FDR?
    Why did some oppose the New Deal?

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