1. THE NEW DEAL
Essential Questions:
What where Roosevelt’s views and policies?
1.
Who were the Brain Trust?
2.
What was the New Deal?
3.
How did the New Deal help the nation?
4.

2. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
Two-term governor of NY

Won in an overwhelming

victory against Republican
Herbert Hoover
Captured nearly 23 million votes

to Hoover’s 16 million
Republicans conceded prior to

the election they had little
chance of wining
Americans blamed the

Depression on Hoover
Democrats claimed 2/3 in the

Senate & 3/4 of the House

3. WHAT DID FDR STAND FOR?
Strong stand on public power

Promised to reduce federal

expenses
Promised to balance the budget

Roosevelt did not explain how

the government could both aid
the public and balance its own
books while operating on a
reduced budget
But that didn't matter the

American public trusted him

4. THE BRAIN TRUST
After his election – and before

taking the oath of office -
Roosevelt picked his advisers
They were

professors, lawyers, and
journalists
Known as the Brain Trust

They created a set of programs

and policies with the sole
intention of alleviating the
problems of the Depression
This collection of programs and

policies became known as the
New Deal

5. THE NEW DEAL
Roosevelt’s New Deal

policies focused on 3 areas:
Relief for the needy

 Economic recovery
 Financial reform
March 9th to June 16th, 1933

A period of intense activity

known as the Hundred Days
 Congress passed more than
15 pieces of New Deal
legislation

6. THE 100 DAYS
Roosevelt’s first step was to

carry out reform in banking and
finance
Roosevelt declared a bank

holiday and closed all banks a
day after taking office
Ordered the Treasury

department to inspect all banks
Sound banks could remain open

 Helped lend confidence to banks
Customers knew the banks that

were open were in good financial
shape
A Fireside Chat

Roosevelt explained why people

needed to invest in banks

7. ALPHABET SOUP
Created a series of programs intended to aid

in economic recovery
Civilian Conservation Corps (Relief) [CCC]

 Took unmarried men aged 18-25 and sent
them to plant trees, & build parks
Public Works Administration (Recovery)

 Built 34,000 construction projects:
 Public buildings
 Highways and bridges (e.g., San
Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge)
Social Security Administration (Reform)

 Established to administer:
 National pension fund for the retired
 Unemployment system
 Assistance programs for
mothers, children, and the physically
disabled

8. THE NEW DEAL…ATTACKED
Liberal critics argued the New

Deal did not go far enough to
help the poor and reform the
economy
Conservative critics argued

Roosevelt spent to much on
direct relief and used New Deal
policies to socialize the economy
Senator Huey Long

At first a supporter he later

turned against the New Deal and
Roosevelt
He was later assassinated by a

lone gunman at the height of his
popularity

9. THE SECOND NEW DEAL
Dorothea Lange

Documented American life during the

1930’s
After two years in office

unemployment was still high and
production lagged
Roosevelt launched a second burst of

activity
 Roosevelt was continually urged by
his wife Eleanor to help people
suffering throughout the nation
The election of 1936 was FDR vs.

Republican Alfred Landon
Roosevelt won in a landslide victory

The first time African American’s

voted overwhelmingly Democratic