The New Deal

"I pledge you, I pledge

myself, to a new deal for
the American people.-
Franlin D. !oose"elt
!oose"elt#s $a%or

&lected president in '()*.

The situation+ The ,reat

Depression.

-is promise+ get the economy

%ac on his feet.
The New Deal

Federal programs to impro"e

the economy and help those in
need.

'()(+ %usiness had impro"ed,

%ut the economy did not fully
reco"er until .orld .ar II.
National Industrial !eco"ery
Act /NI!A0
Allowed industries to get
together and write "codes of fair
competition, that set+

1inimum wages

1a2imum weely hours,

1inimum prices at which

products could %e sold.
3usinesses that supported the
N!A put the sym%ol in their shop
windows, %ut the mem%ership
was "oluntary.
Agricultural Ad4ustment Act
/AAA0
AAA controlled the supply of
se"en 5%asic crops+

Corn

Wheat

Cotton

Rice

Peanuts

Tobacco

Milk
The go"ernment offered payments
to farmers in return for taing
some of their land out of farming,
not planting a crop, so the prices
of these crops could rise.
DANI
6ome people+
1ary 1c$eod 3ethune
7ohn $. $ewis
-uey $ong
Frances 8erins
Franlin D. !oose"elt
&leanor !oose"elt
!o%ert Taft
-arry 6. Truman
Francis &. Townsend
Franlin D. !oose"elt /'99*-
'(:;0

)*nd 8resident of the <nited

6tates

=nly 8resident to %e elected to

more than two terms in office /:
terms0

$ed <nited 6tates through great

depression and ..II

$egislati"e program+ New Deal>

e2panded the role of the federal
go"ernment.
&leanor !oose"elt /'99:-
'(?*0
.ife of 8resident Franlin D. !oose"elt
3roe new ground for a First $ady
In"ol"ed in political issues> impro"ing
conditions for the poor and African American
.orld-renowned ad"ocate of li%eral causes in
her own right.
&arly hero of the ci"il rights mo"ement
$ifelong ad"ocate for the <nited Nations
8olitical leader in her own right
Dr. Francis Townsend /'9?@-
'(?A0
American physician
De"ised the Townsend 8lan, a popular proposal
for state-funded old-age pensions.
The plan promised to end the ,reat Depression
%y opening up 4o%s for younger worers, while
forcing seniors to spend more money in the
consumer economy.
!ose from complete o%scurity to %ecome the
leader of a political mo"ement that claimed the
support of more than *; million Americans.
The !oose"elt administration e"entually adopted
a more austere "ersion of the Townsend 8lan
when it created the 6ocial 6ecurity program
-uey 8. $ong /'9()-'();0
Bharismatic $ouisiana politician who ser"ed as %oth
,o"ernor and <.6. 6enator in the early '()As.
A popular, corrupt and demagogic politician.
Inspiration for !o%ert 8enn .arren#s 8ulitCer priCe-
winning no"el All the Kings Men, pu%lished in '(:?.
Impassioned ad"ocate of redistri%ution of wealth from
the rich to the poor.
1ore than @ million Americans 4oined $ongDs 6hare =ur
.ealth clu%s.
Assassinated inside the $ouisiana statehouse in '();.