Section 5

The Impact of the New Deal

How is the New Deal viewed today?

Do you think the view would be different if we weren’t facing similar circumstances?

By 1937 the economy had improved enough to convince Americans the Depression was ending.

New Deal Reforms Endure

Scale back New Deal Programs Results:

Industrial production dropped again Unemployment rose again in 1937 to 1938

Pressure from Congress

By 1939 the New Deal was effectively over

New Pressures from Europe concerned Roosevelt

New Problems

What was the role of the federal government under Roosevelt?

What did that allow for?

Expanding Government Role

Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation (FDIC) What did it used to insure accounts up to? What do you think it insures accounts up to today?

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Federal Agencies

Did the New Deal end the Depression?

If not, what did it provide? If so, how?

National Labor Relations Board Continues to act as a mediator in labor

disputes between unions and employers

Protecting Workers Rights

Government began accepting responsibility for providing assistance to needy members of society Old age insurance Unemployment compensation Aid to disabled and dependent

children

Social Security

Harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley added to the national park

system in the 1930s Established new wildlife refuges Set aside large wilderness areas http://www.tva.gov/sites/sites_ie.htm

Tennessee Valley Authority

Government sponsored strip-mining and coal burning Cause air, land, and water

pollution

Problems

Point/Counter Point Do Now

Let’s Post-It!

Compare and Contrast: How did the New Deal SUCCEED? How did the New Deal FAIL?

Point-Counter Point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnqto6sDtGI

Obama and FDR (again!)

Federal Deficit and Unemployment

FDIC SEC NLRB Social Security TVA Farmer Aid

What Programs are Still Around

Political Cartoons

Political Cartoons

Political Cartoons

Write a program proposal for a WPA-type program that would benefit this community

On your card…