Opposition to the New Deal

Three R's

    1.  Relief, Recovery, and Reform

 relief to the needy, recovery to  the nation's economy, and reform so that the Depression didn't happen again.

Watch Stock Exchange Reforms 2.5 min video:

        "fireside chats" where FDR entered the homes of  Americans via the radio, gave millions hope and confidence.

Watch New Deal 5.5 minutes video :

    Bank Holidays closed all banks for  days sometimes up to a week to avoid a bank run.

Bank run  when depositors lose confidence in the bank and rush the teller window.    

Which of the pictures do you think is the real bank run? 1 2 3

Read p 546   What happened when FDR took the country off the gold standard?

It shook the public's confidence in the American dollar and the value of the     dollar dropped.  Inflation increased so it took more dollars to buy things.

Give the name for each acronym below and purpose of each.  
        CCC WPA TVA SSA NRA  p 546

CCC -Civilian Conservation Corps              put thousands of young men to work improving national parks. WPA- Works Progress administration             employed the jobless on construction projects. TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority             erected dams along the Tennessee river creating hydro electric plants. SSA- Social Security Administration           government led old-age pension NRA- National Recovery Administration            controlled wages and prices to limit competition among businesses.

Power Point on WPA by J. Heffernan

TVA dam provided hydroelectric power for Tennessee

FDR and CCC men pose for photo

  Other early New Deal Events

21st Amendment repealed prohibition.

    U.S. recognized the Soviet Union as a country.

    Good Neighbor Policy was FDR's foreign policy

Watch Roosevelt's Court 9 min video:

Photo Credits:

Capital Dome: http://www.naop.org/developmentmag/images/200202/capdome.jpg

Fire side chats: http://www.iee-virtual-museum.org/media/gpQmk85InrC7.jpg

Bank Run: http://www.teple.edu/history/images/bankcollapse.gif
                    www.frontrnners.org/.../ grandrapids/98okrbr.jpg
                    www.tssaa.org/.../ images/5aAction1.jpg

Gold Standard: http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/sanders/cartoons/business/gold_standard.jpg
                          http://www.argx-usa.com/downloads/goldstandard/goldstandard.gif

Good Neighbor: http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/ideas/portfolio/shapiro/gifs/43042102.GIF

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.