Essential QuestionEssential Question

What were the major What were the major components of FDR’s components of FDR’s New Deal program?New Deal program?

Roosevelt Takes OfficeRoosevelt Takes Office

Roosevelt’s Personal LifeRoosevelt’s Personal Life

Born into a Born into a wealthy New York wealthy New York familyfamily

Married to Eleanor Married to Eleanor RooseveltRoosevelt

1921 – contracted 1921 – contracted polio, steel braces polio, steel braces on his legs to walkon his legs to walk

Political BackgroundPolitical Background

New York State New York State SenatorSenator

Governor of New Governor of New York – many York – many economic economic reforms made reforms made him popularhim popular

Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt

Also interested in Also interested in social and social and political matterspolitical matters

Held weekly Held weekly press press conferences and conferences and wrote a columnwrote a column

Eleanor RooseveltEleanor Roosevelt

Supported Supported African African American American civil rightscivil rights

Supported Supported labor unionslabor unions

Election of 1932Election of 1932

Republican Republican candidate = candidate = HooverHoover

Democrat Democrat candidate = candidate = Franklin D. Franklin D. RooseveltRoosevelt

Bonus ArmyBonus Army

Bonus ArmyBonus Army

Demanded Demanded promised bonus promised bonus money for WWI money for WWI vetsvets

Marched on Marched on Washington, Washington, camped in camped in HoovervillesHoovervilles

Bonus ArmyBonus Army

July 1932 – Hoover July 1932 – Hoover ordered the men ordered the men evicted from public evicted from public buildings and landbuildings and land

Army chief of staff Army chief of staff Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur used harsh used harsh methods to methods to remove themremove them

Election of 1932Election of 1932

March 1933March 1933

Roosevelt’s Roosevelt’s inauguration inauguration addressaddress

““First of all, let First of all, let me assert my firm me assert my firm belief that the belief that the only thing we only thing we have to fear is have to fear is fear itself.”fear itself.”

The New DealThe New Deal

Roosevelt’s Roosevelt’s policies for policies for ending the ending the DepressionDepression

The New DealThe New Deal

Use the resource Use the resource materials provided to materials provided to

read, outline, and read, outline, and illustrate Roosevelt’s illustrate Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.New Deal programs.

Challenges to the New DealChallenges to the New Deal

Economy showed Economy showed no rapid no rapid improvementimprovement

High High unemploymentunemployment

Large federal Large federal debtdebt

The New Deal CoalitionThe New Deal Coalition

Second Inaugural AddressSecond Inaugural Address

““In this nation I see tens of millions of its In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens – a substantial part of its whole citizens – a substantial part of its whole population – who at this very moment are population – who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the lowest standards of today call the necessities of life . . . I see one-third of a necessities of life . . . I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished . . . nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished . . . The test of our progress is not whether we The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”for those who have too little.”

Roosevelt’s Court-Packing Roosevelt’s Court-Packing PlanPlan

Fear that the Supreme Court would Fear that the Supreme Court would declare New Deal acts as declare New Deal acts as unconstitutionalunconstitutional

Roosevelt attempted to remove Roosevelt attempted to remove older justices from the courtolder justices from the court

Opposition to Opposition to RooseveltRoosevelt

Opposition from the RightOpposition from the Right

American Liberty American Liberty LeagueLeague

Business Business leaders/opponentleaders/opponents organized s organized opposition to the opposition to the New DealNew Deal

Opposition from the LeftOpposition from the Left

Believed Believed government government needed to needed to intervene in intervene in the economy the economy even moreeven more

Shift wealth Shift wealth from the rich from the rich to the poorto the poor

Huey LongHuey Long

Democratic senator Democratic senator from Louisianafrom Louisiana

Championed the Championed the poorpoor

Head of a corrupt Head of a corrupt political machine, political machine, threatened to run threatened to run against Roosevelt against Roosevelt for presidentfor president

Father CoughlinFather Coughlin

Catholic priest in Catholic priest in DetroitDetroit

Had a popular radio Had a popular radio showshow

Called for heavy Called for heavy taxes on the taxes on the wealthy, wealthy, nationalization of nationalization of banking systembanking system

Results of the New DealResults of the New Deal

Economic Economic recovery would recovery would not be complete not be complete until after World until after World War IIWar II

Gave Americans Gave Americans security and security and stabilitystability