2. In the summer of 1932
Franklin Deleon Roosevelt
promised, in his
acceptance speech as the
Democratic Nominee for
President, people change
by addressing the
problems of the Great
Depression, by saying: “I
pledge to you, I pledge
myself, to a new deal for
the American people”
3. With both the
homeless and jobless
on an exponential
increase, because of
Black Tuesday,
newly elected
President, Franklin
D. Roosevelt had to
do something to stop
this economic crisis.
His plan was to
execute his promise
to America by
implementing the
New Deal.
4. This first deal was aimed to meet the needs
of major groups such as:
•Banking
•Industry
•Farming
The New Deal also:
•Made Banking reform laws
•Created Work relief programs
•Started industry reform
•Ended the gold standard
It also created the National Recovery
Administration.
5. It created the Work
Progress
Administration
which employed
millions of people
Who created public
buildings and roads
Created the Social
Security Act which
provided a federal
program of old age
retirement benefits
Added programs to
aid the agricultural
sector who were
tenet farmers and
migrant workers
6. Most of the newly implemented
programs were shut down by the
Supreme Court because they were
unconstitutional and other
programs were shut down by the
Conservative Coalition. Most of the
disabled programs were soon
replaced. Some people thought that
it was a failure because its policies
couldn’t last decades to come.
7. In some ways this was a great success. It
gave jobs to millions of the unemployed
people of America. But it did not eliminate
unemployment, nor poverty. America’s
Gross National Product did not recover He sure thought so…
from the Wall Street Crash as well as it
should have. FDR did nothing to create
anti-lynching laws because he did not
want to lose Democratic Senators’ vote in
southern states. The rate of business failure
decreased because of the policies of the
new deal. Did fail or succeed you decide…
8. The increased activity of the federal
government placed confidence in the
American people, they finally began to
trust that the government would do
something to fix the problem of the
Great Depression. Agencies like the
CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) and
the WPA (Work Progress
Administration) put people straight to
work. The government finally played a
part in the daily lives of the American
People. Citizens began to look towards
the government for help.
