Franklin Delano Roosevelt shown with hat. Picture above symbolized a struggling family during the Great Depression, pic below is WWII

   
        Election of 1932  FDR won over Hoover, by insisting that it was time for a "New Deal".  The issue of government relief programs played a major role in the election.
                                More Photos of the Great Depression

Watch FDR 8 min video:

New Deal
    Some say the New Deal started here
            The Triangle Fire, March 25, 1911

Read p 543 What is a "lame duck" session?  
Days between election (Nov) and inauguration (Jan)

Why is a long lame duck period difficult for newly elected officials?  

How did the 20th Amendment help the problem?

FDR had the support of Congress.    

    1.  first Hundred Days Roosevelt presented Congress  with a mass of legislation aimed at social reform  and economic recovery

2.  Brain Trust was FDR's group of close advisers they advised the unproven economic theories of John Maynard Keynes.

Read p 544.  What was Keynes' proposals?

He advocated central planning and massive economic and social intervention  on the part of the government. (Social Welfare)

            What is "priming the pump"?

Giving Americans government jobs so they will spend their paycheck         and "prime the economic pump" of the U.S.

 How did FDR reinterpret the Constitution?

He said the fed gov should create the conditions for happiness and prosperity by providing federally guaranteed jobs, housing, income, and old-age pensions

Watch FDR 2 8 min video :

3.  Eleanor Roosevelt became a powerful figure in the     New Deal.  She promoted welfare programs and  a world organization to replace the failed League  of Nations.

Photo Credits:

Inauguration: http://history.sandiego.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/09043.jpg

Keynes: http://www.adeptis.ru/vinci/john_maynard_keynes3.jpg

Lame Duck: http://www.robinsgroup.ca/images/lameduck.jpg
                    http://www.clasbrain.com/artteenst/uploads/lame_duck.jpg

Eleanor Roosevelt: http://www.usconstitution.com/eleanor%20roosevelt.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.