Transcript Unit VI The 1930’s &The New Deal

Monday, December 3, 2012
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Recap- 23.1 and 23.2
Notes: 23.3- The 2nd New Deal
Video Clip: 2nd New Deal
Vocabulary: 23.3
***Unit IV Exam: The 1930’s -The
Great Depression & The New Deal
(Chapters 22 and 23) is next
Thursday, December 6.
Civilian Conservation Corps
 The CCC was one of the most successful programs of FDR’s
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New Deal.
Enacted during the first days of the Roosevelt administration, the
Civilian Conservation Corps mobilized over three million young,
unmarried, unemployed Americans (17-28) for nine years across
the nation.
The CCC was designed to provide employment for young men
in relief families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great
Depression while implementing a general natural resource
conservation program in every state and territory.
Of their pay of $30 a month, $25 went to their parents.
Opponents hated the increased involvement of the government
in the economy while supporters praised its efforts.
Unit IV
The 1930’s & The
New Deal
Chapter 23, Section3
The Second New Deal
1st New Deal…Wicked Expensive…
But did it Work???
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
National Recovery Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Public Works Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Challenges to the New Deal
 Two years into FDR’s first term and only slight economic
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improvement.
Still 10 million unemployed.
Criticism from ‘the Right’:
Changes were radical and gave government too much power.
Government told businesses how to operate (controlled prices,
wages, etc.)
Spent too much money (deficit spending)
New Deal threatened capitalism and individual freedom of
businesses.
Business leaders and anti-New Deal critics formed the American
Liberty League in 1934.
Challenges to the New Deal
 Criticism from ‘the Left’:
 Wanted more government involvement.
 Senator Huey Long (D-LA.) and Father Coughlin
(Catholic Priest in Detroit & radio host) criticized FDR
for lack of action and demanded higher taxes on wealthy
and nationalize the banks.
2nd New Deal
 WPA: Works Progress Administration- $11 billion
to employ 8.5 million workers to build roads,
highways, streets, buildings, airports, parks.
 Social Security Act: (Aug.1935) Monthly retirement
benefit.
 Workers receive benefits @ 65 years old by paying
premiums throughout employment.
 Also supplied temporary income to unemployed
looking for jobs.