The New Deal

Presentation by: Keshav Ganeshbabu, Ryan Kingsley,

Kassidy Evernham, Julia Curtiss, and Anthony Rodi.
What It Is
● (1933-1939) A sequence of plans and projects to recover and bring growth & success to the United
States.
● Nominated for President, Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted the New Deal in hopes of pulling the
U.S. out of the Great Depression.
● The plan was to reform/restructure the federal government and redirect/limit federal spending.
● Roosevelt explained the New Deal in a speech before he was elected president. People realized
that President Herbert Hoover was not helping the economic collapse and that the New Deal is
what they needed.
The New Deal and Americans Politics
● Americans were dissatisfied with
Republican policy
● Federal state became more involved in daily
policy
● Roosevelt and his advisers believed that the
state should be more than just a framework
to society
● Suspended a part of the antitrust laws
Bills, Laws, and Acts
● National Industrial Recovery Act-allowed
for workers to create unions and negotiate
for bigger wages and better working
conditions
● Agricultural Adjustment Act- boost
agricultural prices by reducing surpluses
● Tennessee Valley Authority Act-flooding,
providing electricity to homes and
businesses, and replanting forests.
● Glass-Steagall Banking Bill (June 1933)-
separated commercial banking from
investment banking
● Home Owners’ Loan Act-refinance home
mortgages that were in default or at risk of
foreclosure due to the 1929 crash and the
collapse of the housing industry
● National Labor Relations Act
(1935)-protect the rights of employees and
employers
 The First 100 Days
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected, within the first 100 days fifteen bills were passed by Congress
and put into place.

“Roosevelt’s New Deal programs aimed at three R’s- relief, recovery, and reform” (Kennedy and Cohen
745).

The first R, relief, was aimed at giving people immediate recovery by adding new bills like the
Unemployment Relief Act which added the civilian conservation corps (CCC).

The second R- recovery focused on fully recovering the broken down economy and employment status of
the U.S. The National Industrial Recovery Act is a good example of recovery as it started the NRA
(National Recovery Association).

Reform- New bills like the Federal Securities Act regulated the sale of securities.
 Unemployment Before and After The New Deal

With the New deal starting in

1933, the graph on the left,
pulled by the Bureau of labor
statistics, shows how beneficial
the New Deal and the Second
New Deal.
 The Second New Deal
● In the spring of 1935 Roosevelt launched a second series of federal programs, also known as the Second
New Deal.
● He created the WPA, or Works Progress Administration to provide jobs for unemployed people. The WPA
projects were not allowed to compete with private industry, so they build buildings such as post offices,
bridges, schools, highways and parks. They also gave work to artists, writers, theater directors and
musicians.
● In July 1935 the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, created the National Labor
Relations Board to prevent businesses from treating their workers unfairly.
● He also created the Social Security Act of 1935, which guaranteed pensions to millions, set up
unemployment insurance, and said the federal government will care for dependent and disabled children.
● However, the Great Depression dragged on. In 1936, the United Auto Workers went on strike for 44 days,
and spread to 150,000 auto workers in more than 35 cities.
● By 1937, 8 million workers had joined unions and demanded their rights.
End of the New Deal
● There were many outcomes of the new deal such as ; a shift in government philosophy, people
starting to believe that the federal government has a responsibility to ensure the health of the
nation's economy and the welfare of its citizens, the president gaining significant power over
congress, and strengthening the Democratic Party.
● Even with all of these changes in the government the new deal didn’t negate the effects of the
Great Depression to a full extent. Some might even say that the new deal worsened the effects
especially through the eyes of the African Americans at this time.
● In 1937, Roosevelt was in charge of the “court-packing scheme” which was a way to appoint new
pro-new deal justices who wouldn’t overthrow social security.
● Also in 1937, Roosevelt decided to cut spending and the economy plunged into a recession similar
to the depths of the one during 1932-1933.
● This mistake compounded with the court-packing scheme made Roosevelt seem oblivious in
understanding the good of the nation and in turn, caused the new deal to end in 1939.
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