The New Deal and Its Legacy
How did the expansion of
government during the New Deal
affect the nation?
The First New Deal
• 1933-13 million
unemployed
• Fireside chats
• First New Deal
• Bank holiday
• Emergency Banking
Act
• Banking Act-FDIC
• 1934-SEC
Ending Laissez-faire
• National Industrial
Recovery Act
• Increase production;
raise wages and
prices
• Business-codes of
competition
• Labor-strike;
minimum wage;
maximum hours
• Unemployed-PWA
Other Recovery Legislation
• Agricultural
Adjustment Adm.
• Less productionhigher prices; parity
• TVA-Tennessee River
Valley Authority
• CCC-Civilian
Conservation Corps
• FERA
Protests and Challenges
• Right wing/left wing
• Right-conservatives;
big business; religious
leaders; too far
• 1934-American
Liberty League
• Al Smith-FDR a leftist
radical; New Deal
legislation is socialist
and unconstitutional
On the Left
• Left-need more help
for the needy
• La Follette-larger
public works
programs
• Upton Sinclair-EPIC
• Radio Priest
• Huey Long-Share Our
Wealth
The Second New Deal
• Shift from recovery to
reform
• Relief; stability;
security
• Big Bill-Emergency
Relief Appropriations
• REA; WPA
• Social Security Act
• Wagner Act; NLRB
FDR v. the Supreme Court
• Strikes down the
National Industrial
Recovery Act
• Agricultural
Adjustment Act, too
• 1936- FDR considers
election a mandate
• Pack the Court
• More tolerant of
government
regulation
Social and Political Impact
• Good deal for workers
• Mixed deal for women
• Disappointing for
African-Americans
• Better for American
Indians
• Tough deal for
Mexican Americans
• New Deal Coalition
Modern Industry. New York, New
Workers School (1933). Painted by
Diego Rivera
New Deal Legacy
• Life, liberty, and
economic security
• Includes medical care
and an education
• Expanded role for
government
• Welfare state
• Deficit spending