New Deal - One Day

Quantitative

measures that can be presented in numbers.

Graph the unemployment statistics.

Critiques:

Left Wing: Roosevelt wasn't going far enough, leaving control of industry in the hands of private corporate greed rather than make it PUBLIC.

Right Wing: Roosevelt was vastly increasing the power of the federal government, and particularly the power of the executive branch.

Success - How do you measure?

Written Discussion: Choose a side. Explain why.

The supreme court overturned many of Roosevelt's more ambitous plans - In response, Roosevelt tried to pack the courts.

Roosevelt started the "Alaphabet" organizations, like the WPA, NRA, and SSA. They offered jobs and assistance to millions of unemployed.

Qualitative

Task: In groups, choose four texts to analyze.

Interview with a Cotton Mill Worker

Wither the American Indian?

African Americans and the New Deal.

Fireside Chat with FDR

School Lunches

We will come together to fill in the rest of the organizer. When complete, answer:

Was the New Deal a success, a failure, or something else? Be prepared to discuss.

Discuss: Is this "overrreach," or did the crisis require this action?

Cannot be measured with numbers

While the New Deal was only partially successful, it changed the nation. From WWII on, the Federal Government took an active interest in the welfare of the American people.

Exit Question: What would America look like if there hadn't been a New Deal?

A cartoon from the 30s, explaining Roosevelt's proposals

All these proposals cost money, and taxes were raised on millions of Americans.

Roosevelt proposed massive government projects to put Americans directly to work.

He also provided free school lunches, created the SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM, and paid artists to produce art and literature praising New Deal programs.

American would have to borrow to cover their expenditure.

As an emergency measure, Roosevelt called for a Bank Holiday. People were forced to keep their money in the bank.

The amount of money the governmet plans to spend (The budget) was the largest in American History.

Why do you think Roosevelt would do this?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned against Hoover on the New Deal, a raft of programs designed to alleviate unemployment. They were focused on the three Rs - Relief, Recovery, Reform

NRA: National Recovery Association

A NEW DEAL program

Get Ready: Read along with the song, filling out the graphic organizer as you go.

The New Deal - Success or Failure?

By 1932, the Great Depression had spread to every corner of America. President Hoover's Lezzaiz-Faire policies had not stimulated the economy.

"Hoovervilles," homeless encampments made up of the unemployed, became a regular feature of American cities.