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Learning Objectives: Section 5 - The Impact of the New Deal

Standard Addressed: 11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. Learning Objectives: Section 5 - The Impact of the New Deal

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Learning Objectives: Section 5 - The Impact of the New Deal

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  1. Standard Addressed: 11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. Learning Objectives: Section 5 - The Impact of the New Deal 1. Summarize opinions about the effectiveness of the New Deal. 2. Describe the legacies of the New Deal.

  2. A BULLDOG ALWAYS Commitment Attitude CARES Respect Encouragement Safety

  3. THE NEW DEAL AMERICA GETS BACK TO WORK

  4. SECTION 5: THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL • Over time, opinions about the merits of the New Deal and FDR have ranged from harsh criticism to high praise – usually along partisan lines • Conservatives felt FDR made government too large and too powerful • Liberals countered that FDR socialized the economy because Americans needed help

  5. LEGACIES OF THE NEW DEAL • FDIC – banking insurance critical to sound economy • Deficit spending has became a normal feature of government • Social Security is a key legacy of the New Deal in that the Feds have assumed a greater responsibility for the social welfare of citizens since 1935

  6. Guided Reading: Labor • Wagner Act • Fair Labor Standards Act • National Relations Board • Laws & Agencies • Lasting Effects • Standard for equal wages and hours • Ban on Child labor • Rights to organize and bargain collectively • Government mediation of labor disputes

  7. Guided Reading: Agriculture and rural life • Agricultural adjustment acts • Soil Conservation Services • Laws & Agencies • Lasting Effects • Aid to farmers • Farm price supports • Taught contour plowing • Terracing • Crop rotation

  8. Guided Reading: Banking and finance • Securities and Exchange Commission • Glass-Steagall Banking Act • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • Laws & Agencies • Lasting Effects • Monitoring of the stock market • Federal enforcement of laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds • Insurance on bank accounts

  9. Guided Reading: Social Welfare • Social Security Act • Laws & Agencies • Lasting Effects • Federal government acceptance of some responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens • Old-age insurance programs • Unemployment compensation • Programs to aid families with dependent children and the disabled

  10. Guided Reading: Environment • Civilian Conservation Corps • Soil Conservation Services • Taylor grazing Act • Tennessee Valley Authority • Laws & Agencies • Lasting Effects • Programs protecting the nation’s natural resources, including farmland • Prevention of floods and dust storms • More national parks and wildlife refugees; • pollution

  11. Chapter 15 Section 5MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS A – Why did the industrial production drop and unemployment go up again in 1938? • Because, in response to pressure from Congress, FDR cut back on New Deal programs

  12. Chapter 15 Section 5MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS B – Why was the establishment of the Social Security system such an important part of the New Deal? • The govt began accepting responsibility for providing assistance to needy members of society.

  13. Chapter 15 Section 5MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS C – How did New Deal programs benefit and harm the environment? • BENEFITED: with new trees, hiking trails, fire lookouts, soil conservation, flood control, national parks, wildlife refugees, and wilderness areas. • HARMED: with water, air, land pollution.

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