The+New+Deal

= The New Deal =

The New Deal was president Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s plan for overcoming the Great Depression. His plan gave government jobs to the unemployed and increased government regulation of the economy. Although the New Deal programs achieved varied levels of success, they did represent a basic change in American society.

Questions to consider:
1. To what extent should the government be involved in economic practices?

2. What is the appropriate role for government in citizens' lives?

The Election of 1932
Look at the map below and answer thefollwoing quesitons:

1. How does this map compare to the map of the 1928 election we studied earlier? 2. Why do you think the results of this election were the way they were? 3. What can we learn from the map about the political climate of the United States in 1932?




 * Please use the following two-column note sheet to complete the following: **

Watch the following video and then react in the left column of the two-column note sheet.

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Read the following story and react in the left column of your note sheet.
//**How did it feel to be a forgotten victim of**// //**the Great Depression?**// Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed to know. In 1932 Roosevelt was one of several candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Some critics dismissed him as “an amiable man… without very strong convictions.” But in an April 1932 speech, Roosevelt took a strong stand. He criticized the policies of President Hoover as ineffective and wrongly directed at only the “top of the social and economic structure.” By contrast, Roosevelt pledged to help the “forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.” Only by helping these people, Roosevelt claimed, would the nation’s economic ills be cured.

 Roosevelt’s speech included few specific proposals. Yet that did not seem to matter to the Depression-weary citizens reading his words or watching the newsreels at the movie houses. Here at last was someone who understood the plight of ordinary citizens. He remembered them, he cared about them, and he seemed to understand that their fate was key to the nation’s recovery.

 The personal connection Roosevelt established was something few Americans felt they had with Herbert Hoover. It would serve Roosevelt well in the months and years ahead.

Now, take notes on the elections of 1932 in the right column of the two column note sheet. The text can be found on page 699.

FDR's Frieside First fire Side Chat-The Banking Crisis

Listen to the speech and then write a one parpagraph reaction. media type="youtube" key="z9CBpbuV3ok" height="315" width="420" = Criics of the New Deal =

Please analyze the follwoing cartoon