Focus – FDR Political Cartoon
• Pick up the two handouts on the back
desk!
• Complete the Focus “FDR Political
Cartoon”
In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt
was Elected President
• FDR offered Americans
a “New Deal”.
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FDR Gave Many Americans
Hope
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What do you think FDR is
shown as a captain? How did
he compare to Hoover as a
president?
Major Features of the New
Deal
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Hundred Days
• In the first onehundred days,
FDR and
Congress
enacted many
programs to
directly aid
Americans.
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Federal Work Programs
• CCC:
Civilian Conservation
Corps
Provided jobs for
young men to plant trees
and build bridges.
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PWA:
Public Works Administration
• Built ports,
schools and
aircraft
carriers
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WPA:
Works Progress
Administration
• Built hospitals, schools,
parks, airports, and
employed artists, writers,
and musicians
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Environmental Improvement
Programs
• TVA: Tennessee
Valley Authority
Built dams to provide
cheap electric power
to southern states.
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Farm Assistance Programs
• AAA:
Agricultural
Adjustment
Act
• Paid farmers not
to grow crops.
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Increased Rights for Labor
• NRA: National Recovery Act
• Helped set standards
for production, prices,
and wages.
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Safety Net
• SSA: Social Security
Act
• Set up a system of
pensions for elderly,
unemployed, and
people with disabilities.
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Banking Safety
• FDIC:
Federal Deposit
Insurance
Corporation
• Insured
savings accounts
in banks.
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Interpreting Cartoons
• Who are they main
figures in the
cartoon?
• What are they
pouring down the
pump?
• What is occurring as
it is being pumped
into the economy?